Design for a Frame

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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 traced of black chalk; incised for transfer; flaps of paper added at top and bottom turned under
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 13 11/16 in. (47 x 34.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession no.: 67.792.6

Design for Frame with Ecclesiastical Motifs
Johann Oktavian Salver
1750–88 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018836
Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes
Johann Oktavian Salver
1750–88 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018837
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.