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Variarum Protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias vocant omnium

Print
1554 (published)
Artist/Maker
Balthazar Sylvius (printmaker)
Place of origin
Antwerp (published)

An engraving depicting Moresque design for goldsmith's ornament.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Designs
Object type
Print
TitleVariarum Protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias vocant omnium (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Balthasar Sylvius, plate from a suite of 24, including title plate, of moresque designs for goldsmith's work entitled 'Variarum Protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias vocant omnium', Flemish, 1554
Physical description
An engraving depicting Moresque design for goldsmith's ornament.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.8cm
  • Cut to width: 23.3cm
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 210.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 484, 21 (1).
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3373-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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