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Ira

Print
1740-1755 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 12.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleIra (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Gottfried Bernhard Göz. Plate from a suite of fourteen representing virtues and vices. Germany, 1740-1755.
Physical description
Plate 12.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 29.5cm
  • To plate mark width: 19.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'IRA'
  • Numbered '12' in the upper right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'G. B. Göz inv. et sculps. / Optabat ferro jaculoque.... / .... mox fugit ille tela.'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'Der Höchst .... / Unschield ben.'
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.435, 65 (10).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 111, 2.1
Collection
Accession number
24995:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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