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Print, Plate from Insignae ac plane novum opus crater graphicum (A New Artistic Work, Eminent and Clear, On the Vessel)

This is a Print. It was created by Matthias Zuendt. It is dated 1551 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young.

Our curators have highlighted 22 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Drawing, Design for a Goblet
  • black chalk, brush and brown watercolor, oxidized white on greyish-blue paper.
  • Gift of Ogden Codman.
  • 1916-9-10
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  • Ewer (Germany)
  • silver gilt.
  • Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
  • 1960-1-19-a,b

Its dimensions are

24.8 × 16.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Plate from Insignae ac plane novum opus crater graphicum (A New Artistic Work, Eminent and Clear, On the Vessel); Matthias Zündt (ca. 1498–1572); Germany; engraving on laid paper; 24.8 × 16.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young; 1946-37-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

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