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Plate 15, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
René Boyvinca. 1570
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Design for two pendants. At left, strapwork with sphinxes and pearls. At top, a winged figure with a headdress rests each hand on a sphere. At right, pairs of ignudi and putti flanked a faceted central gem.
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- Title: Plate 15, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
- Creator: René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625
- Date Created: ca. 1570
- Location Created: France
- Publisher: Paul de la Houve, French, 1575 - 1643
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Engraving on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
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