Vertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica

Vertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica

Paul Birckenhultz

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ornament design for a pendant with trophies at center, suspended from a mask with ram's horns at top and three pearls hanging below. In the pendant, a cuirass with spears and axes behind.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta BellicaVertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta BellicaVertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta BellicaVertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta BellicaVertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica

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