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Print

1570s (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Letter N with Narcissus admiring his own reflection (A.615.12)


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Paulini, I.Reissues of plates (19) from a set of twenty letters of the alphabet showing mythological scenes relating to figures with the corresponding initial, within borders of strapwork. Letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,V and Z
Physical description
Letter N with Narcissus admiring his own reflection (A.615.12)
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.9cm
  • Width: 15.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered Con Priuil and Narcisso s'inamora di se stesso, et diue: ta un fiore
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Berlin, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, 5279;A. 615.1-5 and A.615.7-20.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, pp.36-42 (Cat.2.b).
Collection
Accession number
27964:12

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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