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Print

1543-5 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Beham, Sebald (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Germany (engraved)

Plate 3.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Hans Sebald Beham. Plate III from a suite of 4 columns. German, 1543-5.
Physical description
Plate 3.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.4cm
  • Cut to width: 5.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'VITRVVIVS / DAS . IIII . CAPITEL'
  • Lettered in the left centre of the plate: QVODILBET HORVM CAPITVM ...... / ..... COLVMAE DORICAE'
  • Lettered in the centre right of the plate: 'DISSE HABVTER MAG EIN .... / .... SEVLN DORICA'
  • Dated '1545' in the lower left and igned with the monogram 'HSB' in the lower centre of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • F. W. H. Hollstein German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Gouda: Koch and Knuttel, 1955): vol. 3, p. 156.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Other numbers
  • 260 - Pauli
  • 250 - Le Peintre-Graveur
  • 270 - Aumüller
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1-1911

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Record createdMay 31, 2000
Record URL
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