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Conjoined heads of a youth, a bearded man a satyr and a ram known as a gryllos or gryllus

Engraving
1580-1610 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
Rome (printed)

Engraving


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Designs
Object type
Engraving
TitleConjoined heads of a youth, a bearded man a satyr and a ram known as a gryllos or gryllus (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Conjoined heads of a youth, a bearded man, a satyr and a ram known as a gryllos or gryllus, set within a frame. Italian, about 1580-1610.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 15.2cm
  • Plate mark width: 10.7cm
Style
Italian School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed in pen and ink at the top of the cartouche in the lower centre of the plate: 'de jisdem el diversis' and printed below 'Ioan Andi //' (Signed in cartouche at middle bottom)
  • 'de jisdem et divertis' (Inscribed in brown ink)
Subjects depicted
Engraved Ornament
Mascarons
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.309, 4 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 4350.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.631-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O194082/conjoined-heads-of-a-youth-engraving-unknown/
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