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Snail-shaped vessel with a spout in shell form
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Snail-shaped vessel with a spout in shell form

Balthazar van den Bos · 1548 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The foot of the vase is a claw resting on a tortoise. On the handle sits a winged satyr blowing a shell. From a series consisting of a title page and 20 plates.

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Credit lineKan in de vorm van een slakkenhuis met een tuit in schelpvorm. 1548. Balthazar van den Bos. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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