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Print

1520-25 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Monogrammist F. (Engraver)
Place of origin
Italy (Made)

Frieze with scrolling foliage and two chimerical animals.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Ink
Engraving
Intaglio
Brief description
Ornamental frieze depicting two winged demi-lions, attributed to Monogrammist F., Italy, 1520-5
Physical description
Frieze with scrolling foliage and two chimerical animals.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.2cm
  • Cut to width: 19.3cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in monogram F.
  • Lettered S.P.Q.R.
Production
Bartsch attributed this plate to Enea Vico, which Berliner points out is unsustainable, because on stylistic grounds it is earlier in date
Subjects depicted
Grotesque
Scrolling Foliage
Associated object
E.2102-1899 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XV, 452 as Enea Vico.
  • Berliner, R. and Egger, G., Ornamentale Vorlageblätter des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, 3 vols, Munich, 1981, 232.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2529-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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