Plate 18, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)
ca. 1570
Medium
albums (bound) & books
Classification
albums (bound) & books
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number
1956-23-6-18
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Plate 18 from *Livre de bijouter* (Book of Designs Goldsmiths and Jewelers *By Léonard Thiry, Flemish, ca. 1570* Step into the glittering world of 16th Flemish craftsmanship with Plate 18 from Léonard Thiry's *Livre de bijouterie This intricate design plate, part of a bound album of patterns for goldsmiths and jewelers captures the Renaissance flair for opulent metalwork. Thiry, a skilled Flemish engraver active around 1550–1570, specialized in ornamental motifs that blended elegant scrolls, fantastical creatures, and floral flourishes—hallmarks of Northern Mannerism. Such books were es...