Design for Frame with Ecclesiastical Motifs

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Artist: Johann Oktavian Salver (German (active Würzburg) 1732–1788)
Date: 1750–88
Medium: Brush and black ink, and gray ink over traces of black chalk; flaps of paper added to original and folded under at top and bottom; ncised for transfer
Dimensions: 18 7/16 x 13 7/16 in. (46.9 x 34.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession no.: 67.792.5

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Johann Oktavian Salver
1750–88 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018837
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Johann Oktavian Salver
1750–88 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018838
Design for Frame with Trees and Trellises
Johann Oktavian Salver
1755 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018839
Design for a frame with Eagles and Trophies
Johann Oktavian Salver
1750–88 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018840

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.