Design for a Heart-Shaped Brooch, 1580–1600, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet: 2 5/8 × 3 3/16 in. (6.6 × 8.1 cm), Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Design for a brooch with an oval scene showing a male figures laying a female figure on a bed, on a blackwork background forming the shape of a heart. In the blackwork design of the central ornament, the oval is flanked by butterflies, with an owl above
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Design, Heart-Shaped Brooch, 1580–1600, Engraving, blackwork, Sheet, 2 5/8, 3 3/16, 6.6, 8.1 cm, Johann Theodor de Bry, Netherlandish, Strasbourg, 1561–1623, Bad Schwalbach, brooch, oval scene showing, male figures, laying, female figure, bed, blackwork background, forming, shape, heart, design, central ornament, oval, flanked, butterflies, owl
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