Design for a border with Cymbals and Tambourines by Carl Alexander von Heideloff — Carl Alexander von Heideloff. Design for a border with Cymbals and Tambourines, 1809–65. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Design for a border with Cymbals and Tambourines

by Carl Alexander von Heideloff

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Artist: Carl Alexander von Heideloff (German, Stuttgart 1789–1865 Haßfurt)
Date: 1809–65
Medium: Pen and black ink over traces of pencil.
Dimensions: 7 x 6 1/2 in. (17.8 x 16.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession no.: 63.540.4

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