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Plate XXX from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Outdoor quarry scene. A machine for moving marble blocks, using pulleys, and low carts. Seven men at work. A large capital, right. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-227.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Print Maker
Julio Paschale
Date
1582
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.4 × 35.2 cm (8 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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