Print, Plate 2, 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 three drop pearls is suspended from a bow knot. Riding on its back are standing male nude with a flag and a reclining female nude with an oar. Date: 1582. Dimensions: H x W: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 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 2, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), 1582 (CH 18286029-2)