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Fantastic Architecture Structure with Strapwork and Two Pergolas and a Small Scene with Vulcan's Forge at the Top
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Fantastic Architecture Structure with Strapwork and Two Pergolas and a Small Scene with Vulcan's Forge at the Top

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 11 7/8 x 8 1/16 in. (30.1 x 20.5 cm) sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 in. (33.1 x 22.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cornelis Floris II

1510–1575

Flemish architect and sculptor.

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