Design for a frame with Eagles and Trophies

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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; sheet extended at top and bottom; extensions turned under
Dimensions: 18 9/16 x 13 7/16 in. (47.1 x 34.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession no.: 67.792.4

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018836
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018837
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018838
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018839

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