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Print

1572-1590 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for an engraved dish showing a woman in classical dress with a sceptre and broken column, with a lion to her left.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
dotted manner engraving
Brief description
Dotted manner engraving. Jonas Silber, formerly attributed to Monogrammist I.S. Allegorical Figure, possibly of Fortitude, from a series of designs for the bottom of bowls, Germany, 1572-90.
Physical description
Design for an engraved dish showing a woman in classical dress with a sceptre and broken column, with a lion to her left.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 12.9cm
  • To plate width: 12.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'IS' in the lower centre right of the plate.
Object history
Lanna collection.
Bibliographic references
  • Nagler, G.K., Die Monogrammisten (Munich, 1858-1879), vol. IV, 405.5.
  • Hollstein, F W H, German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700, Amsterdam, 1954, volume LXXVII.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection
Accession number
E.558-1936

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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