Two crest designs

Title

Two crest designs

Draughtsman

• Jost Amman

Recto

Zwei stehende Krieger, auf ihre Lanzen gestützt, zwischen ihnen ein Hund

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• ornament study
• design for a coat of arms

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• coat of arms
• ornament
• animal depiction

Primary

• 46A122 armorial bearing, heraldry
• 34B11 dog
• 25F36(SWAN) water-birds: swan