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America
17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Bust portrait of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1517), framed by intertwining snakes and flanked by American Indian man and woman with child, a llama, puma, and monkeys among trees. Probably used for printing of a title page.
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Details
- Title: America
- Date Created: 17th century
- Location Created: Franconia, Germany
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Brass
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
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