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Print

1530-1562 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An engraving depicting Alexander the Great set within an ornamental border of strapwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Virgil Solis, Alexander the Great, plate from a series of 9 showing celebrated heroes within an ornamental border of strapwork, German, 1530-1562
Physical description
An engraving depicting Alexander the Great set within an ornamental border of strapwork.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.5cm
  • Cut to width: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the centre right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'DER. GROS. ALEXANDER'
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 454.5.
  • Peters, Jane S., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 19 (Part 1). German masters of the sixteenth century: Virgil Solis: Intaglio Prints and Woodcuts. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 58.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.291-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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