Print, Plate 3, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), 1582, Adriaen Collaert

A pendant in the form of a sea monster with five drop pearls is suspended from a bow knot. On its back is a kneeling man with a knife, removing a scale, and a seated angel with a dog. Date: 1582. Dimensions: H x W: 21.3 × 14.4 cm (8 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.); ; Platemark: 17.3 × 12.5 cm (6 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Plate 3, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), 1582 (CH 18286037)