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Engraving

1719 (published)
Artist/Maker
Jean Wiedel (Designer)
Josef Friedrich Leopold (Publisher)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Published)

Engraving.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Jean Wiedel. One of 9 designs for picture frames, mouldings, columns, furniture and tobacco pipes, decorated with scrolling foliage, strapwork, putti and grotesque masks. Germany, 1719.
Physical description
Engraving.
Dimensions
  • Cut to length: 27.3cm
  • Cut to height: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper right of the plate: 'Cum Gratia et Privile= / gio Sac: Cas: Maj.' (Numbered)
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'Iean Wiedel Venetg jnv: / et del:'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Ioseph Frid: Leopold / excudit.'
Subjects depicted
Scrolling Foliage
Strapwork
Putti
Grotesques
Masks
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5347-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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