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Etching

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

Ten male and female heads, arranged in pairs, each man facing a woman. At the bottom is a border of foliage.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Frieze with busts of five couples. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Ten male and female heads, arranged in pairs, each man facing a woman. At the bottom is a border of foliage.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 3.4cm
  • Cut to width: 6.6cm
Bibliographic references
  • Beaujean, Dieter., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 64, Virgil Solis, Part II, no.341.
  • 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.871-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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