Not currently on display at the V&A

Print

c.1570 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Letter G with rape of Ganymede


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Paulini, I., Plate (1 of 11) 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, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, R, S and V.
Physical description
Letter G with rape of Ganymede
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 10.8cm
  • Cut to width: 15.3cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered Cum Pri
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 293, no. 40.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, pp.36 -42 (cat. 2).
Collection
Accession number
15647A/8

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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