Design for a Pendant Combined with Sirens and Dragonflies
Daniel Mignot
1616
Medium
Blackwork and Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.7.29
Tags
PendantsDragonflies
About the Artist
Daniel Mignot · 1593–1616
Daniel Mignot (active 1593–1616) was a French goldsmith and engraver who flourished in the prosperous German city of Augsburg, a hub for ornamental metalwork during the late Renaissance. Presumably of Huguenot origins, he relocated from France amid religious tensions, establishing himself as a specialist in intricate jewelry designs. His early life remains not well documented, with no records of s...