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Ornament Print

1591 (made)
Artist/Maker
Graffico, Camillo (engraver)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Title page, border of strapwork with two vases and two swags of fruit. Encloses a medallion portrait of a Sultan.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Portraits
Frames
Designs
Royalty
Object type
Ornament print
Materials and techniques
engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Intaglio Printing
Brief description
Camillo Graffico. Plate of strapwork borders designed to enclose portraits printed from separate plates. First issued with a set of portraits of Sultans of Turkey. Italian, Venice, 1591.
Physical description
Title page, border of strapwork with two vases and two swags of fruit. Encloses a medallion portrait of a Sultan.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 20.4cm
  • Cut to width: 15.5cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • The plate for the framing border signed in monogram .C.G.F..
  • The central medallion printed from a separate plate lettered NATTVRRALLI. E. VERRI RETRAtti. D. TVTI. LI. SIGNIORI DE. TVRRCHI. IN VENETIA ALL. INSEGNA. DEL LEONE. and dated 1591
Object history
Miller (1999): For similar borders, possibly replacements for these plates, see E.821 to 829-1927.
Subjects depicted
Sultan
Fruit
Bibliographic references
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 49-50 (cat. 6).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
21412:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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