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Engraving

1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Frieze of naked children carrying sausages, and drawing in triumph a sledge on which a pig is lying.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Procession of Children with sausages and a pig. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Frieze of naked children carrying sausages, and drawing in triumph a sledge on which a pig is lying.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 3.9cm
  • Cut to width: 20.5cm
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 270.
  • Beaujean, Dieter., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 63, Virgil Solis, Part I, no.212.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.877-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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