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King Arthur

Engraving
1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Engraving

Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleKing Arthur (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. King Arthur. Plate from a series of 9 showing celebrated heroes within an ornamnetal border of strapwork. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.4cm
  • Cut to width: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the centre right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'CVNNIG ARTVS'
Subject depicted
Arthur (King)
Associated object
E.205-1885 (Copy)
Bibliographic references
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 454.8.
  • 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. 61.
  • Absolon, Patrick (ed.), Le Roi Arthur: une legende en devenir, Paris, Somogy, 2008
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.198-1885

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Record createdDecember 12, 2007
Record URL
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