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The world turned upside down: hares roasting a hunter

Engraving
1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

The world turned upside down: hares roasting a hunter and cooking his dog.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleThe world turned upside down: hares roasting a hunter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. The world turned upside down: hares roasting a hunter. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
The world turned upside down: hares roasting a hunter and cooking his dog.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 2.4cm
  • Cut to width: 11.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the right centre of the plate on a stone block.
Bibliographic references
  • Peters, Jane S., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 19 (Part 1). German masters of the sixteenth century: Virgil Solis: Intaglio Prints and Woodcuts. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 271.
  • Beaujean, Dieter., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 63, Virgil Solis, Part I, no.126.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.878-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028303/the-world-turned-upside-down-engraving-unknown/
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