Title

Door knocker with dolphins and satyrs, early 17th century, (1881). Creator: John Emms.

Caption

Door knocker with dolphins and satyrs, early 17th century, (1881). Etching of a bronze knocker made c1600-1625 in Venice or Brescia, Italy. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_451

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 13,7in x 18,4in / 4116 x 5509 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal Italy Italian arts country bronze book museum dolphin dolphins door doors location century literature artefact mythology mythological artifact 17th century door knocker 19th century mythical creature B W Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century Satyr Satyrs seventeenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art mythical beast South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston John Emms Emms John