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Neües Groteschgen Büchlein

Ornament Print
c.1639 (published)
Artist/Maker
Johan Šmišek (printmaker)
Johann Smischek (printmaker)
Johann Christoph Weigel (Publisher)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (printed)

Plate 7.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Firearms
Metalwork
Designs
Object type
Ornament print
TitleNeües Groteschgen Büchlein (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Johann Smischek. One of 18 plates, including title plate from a suite of designs for a gun ornament entitled 'Neües Groteschgen Büchlein'. German, 1700-1725.
Physical description
Plate 7.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.1cm
  • Cut to width: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Numbered '7' in the lower right of the plate
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938, London: Board of Education, 1939.
  • Bartrum, Giulia (Ed.)., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. LIX, Johann Adam Seupel to Söckler, no.19.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2300-1938

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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