Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 16181610

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Ornamental motif composed of a grotesque head of an old bearded man wearing armor, from whose shoulder plates project vines and exploding canon-balls. His hat is composed of a rabbit with wings.

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Title: Plate 53, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Creator: Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618
Date Created: 1610
Location Created: Germany
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/118602
Medium: Engraving on laid paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Engraving Germany Laid paper