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Print

1523-30 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Monogrammist I. B. (printmaker)
Place of origin
Germany (printed)

An engraved design for a sheath decorated, at the top, with Venus and Cupid.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Monogrammist I. B, dagger sheath ornamented wtih a candelabra and the Venus and Cupid, German, 1523-30
Physical description
An engraved design for a sheath decorated, at the top, with Venus and Cupid.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 18.6cm
  • Cut to width: 2.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'IB' in the lower centre left of the plate.
Subjects depicted
Sheath
Venus
Cupid
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre graveur (Vienna: J. V. Degen, 1803-1821), Volume VIII, no.52.
  • Warncke, C.-P., Die ornementale Groteske in Deutschland, 1500-1650, 2 vol.s, Berlin, 1979, no.207.
  • 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.3360-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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