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Print

1530 (Printed), 1543 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting seven children or putti. The two on the left are riding hobby horses, and the one in the centre is carrying off a puppy, the mother of which is attacking him. Several more puppies are lying in a nest in the right hand corner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, seven putti tormenting a dog and her puppies, formerly attributed to Barthel Beham, Germany, 1520-1540
Physical description
Print depicting seven children or putti. The two on the left are riding hobby horses, and the one in the centre is carrying off a puppy, the mother of which is attacking him. Several more puppies are lying in a nest in the right hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 3.9cm
  • Cut to width: 8.5cm
Credit line
From the collections of Nicolas Massaloff and I. I. de Kouriss
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • F. W. H. Hollstein German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Gouda: Koch and Knuttel, 1955): vol. 2, p. 119.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Other number
119 - Pauli
Collection
Accession number
E.37-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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