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Print, Grotesque Frieze with Bear Hunt

This is a Print. It was created by Theodor Bang. It is dated ca. 1610 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

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Its dimensions are

5.4 x 22 cm (2 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.) matted with -1 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It is inscribed

inscribed in plate at lower right corner: 7

Cite this object as

Print, Grotesque Frieze with Bear Hunt; Theodor Bang (German, 1575 - 1630); Germany; engraving on white laid paper; 5.4 x 22 cm (2 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.) matted with -1 Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1944-67-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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