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Print
Curio, Valentine - Enlarge image
- Place of origin:
Basel (made)
- Date:
1522 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Curio, Valentine (printer)
Holbein, Hans II the younger, born 1497 - died 1543 (artist) - Materials and Techniques:
woodcut printed on paper
- Museum number:
E.9942-1921
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case JENNINGS, shelf 15
Physical description
Print, the letter S. Woodcut mounted on card with letters arranged in alphabetical order.
Place of Origin
Basel (made)
Date
1522 (made)
Artist/maker
Curio, Valentine (printer)
Holbein, Hans II the younger, born 1497 - died 1543 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
woodcut printed on paper
Dimensions
Height: 380 mm mount size, Width: 266 mm
Descriptive line
Print, the letter S, woodcut designed by Hans Holbein and printed by Valentine Curio, Basel, 1522, from the Jennings Collection of alphabets, initial letters and title-pages from the 15th and 16th centuries
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Jennings, Oscar. Early woodcut initials; containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings. London : Methuen and Co., 1908. P.140.
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Woodcut
Categories
Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection