- Place of origin:
Italy (printed)
- Date:
1570s (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Paulini, I (Reissue, Engraver)
- Materials and Techniques:
engraving
- Museum number:
27964:12
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case EO, shelf 122
Physical description
Letter N with Narcissus admiring his own reflection (A.615.12)
Place of Origin
Italy (printed)
Date
1570s (printed)
Artist/maker
Paulini, I (Reissue, Engraver)
Materials and Techniques
engraving
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered Con Priuil and Narcisso s'inamora di se stesso, et diue: ta un fiore
Dimensions
Height: 10.9 cm, Width: 15.8 cm
Descriptive line
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
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
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).
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Engraving; Intaglio printing
Subjects depicted
Narcissus
Categories
Ornament prints
Collection code
PDP
