Goldsmiths Ornament with a Young Man Holding a Cornucopia

Goldsmiths Ornament with a Young Man Holding a Cornucopia

Giovani Battista Grondoni

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Small ornament print with a design mainly made up out of acathus wreaths, with in the middle the figure of a young man, emerging from the wreaths and seen from the back, who carries a cornucopia. On the right and left side a small pendant is attached filled with blackwork, both in the silhouette style and in white on a black ground.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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