JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
I saved this image many years ago, and unfortunately I do not have a year/location/maker, nothing at all, just the print. I reckon that the print is in a Baroque style, I think, highly manner and ornate and detailed, and quite empty where there should be obvious detail, as these are the spaces that the eye is directed to by the other elements of the design, except that there is nothing there. No doubt this was designed for an identifying purpose, though that perhaps had not yet been determined.
It is a little curious that the frieze shows a merry peasant party; curiouser still are the three people and a dog on the upper balcony--the middle person seems otherwise engaged in who-knows-what.
As it stands, this is a good candidate for the Blank, Empty, and Missing Things series.
[Detail from the full image, below.]
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