Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes — Johann Oktavian Salver. Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes, 1750–88. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes

by Johann Oktavian Salver

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Artist: Johann Oktavian Salver (German (active Würzburg) 1732–1788)
Date: 1750–88
Medium: Brush and black ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk; incised for transfer
Dimensions: 17 5/8 x 11 15/16 in. (44.7 x 30.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession no.: 67.792.3

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

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