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David tenant la tête de Goliath

Print
1573
Artist/Maker
Etienne Delaune (designed and engraved by)
Place of origin
Strasbourg (made)

Etienne Delaune, 1 of 4 plates, including title-plate, from a suite of 8 entitled Grotesques à fond noir en forme de poire. French, 1573.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleDavid tenant la tête de Goliath
Materials and techniques
engraved
Brief description
Etienne Delaune, 1 of 4 plates, including title-plate, from a suite of 8 entitled Grotesques à fond noir en forme de poire. French, 1573.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Length: 4cm
pear-shaped
Marks and inscriptions
Signed: 'S.F.'
Associated object
E.2608-1913 (Series)
Bibliographic references
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 385. Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. I, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 323.
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 362. Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. I, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 43.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2609-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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