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Nef Design, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)
René Boyvin1540–1560
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Fontainebleau school. Design for a nef, a ship-shaped container decorated with strapwork. In which is set various aquatic scenes. At the bow, a grotesque mask; at the stern, two winged mermaids with crossed arms.
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- Title: Nef Design, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)
- Creator: René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, Pierre Milan, French, 1500 - 1557
- Date Created: 1540–1560
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/35447
- Medium: Engraving on laid paper
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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