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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Oxford
Title
Couple holding sword and cup in centre cruciform medallion with rounded and pointed arched ends surrounded by strapwork, grotesques, and foliage, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I
Date
1530 - 1562
Accession number
WA1915.84.79.3
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
Work type
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England
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