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Print

late 16th century (Made)
Artist/Maker
Anonymous (Engraver)
Specie, Teodoro (Publisher)
Paulini (Engraver)
Place of origin
Italy (Made)

Letter P with the death of Pyramus and Thisbe (A.615.14)


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Intaglio
Brief description
Copy plates published by Teodoro Specie after an engraved alphabet by Paulini
Physical description
Letter P with the death of Pyramus and Thisbe (A.615.14)
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 11cm
  • Cut to width: 15.4cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered Morte di Pyramo e Tisbe
Production
Copy plates after engraved alphabet by Paulini.
Subjects depicted
Pyramus
Thisbe
Bibliographic references
  • Fuhring, P., 'Ornament Prints in Amsterdam' (Review of M. de Jong and I. de Groot Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw) in Print Quarterly, 1989, note 615.
  • Fuhring, P., La Sirène:Ornements Architecture, Paris, 1990, no. 1067.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, pp.36-42 (cat.2c).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
27964:14

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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