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Etching

1595-1620 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Dietrich Meyer (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Zurich (Published)

Etching.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Dietrich Meyer. Plate from a suite of twelve designs for pendants and crosses ornamented with grotesques populated with figures and animals. Switzerland, 1595-1620.
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 7.6cm
  • To plate mark width: 7.2cm
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.393, 14 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 648.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-2000): vol. XXVIII, no.103.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
27041:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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