Hannibal mounted on a horse

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Artist/Maker	Virgil Solis (Printmaker)
Place of origin	Nuremberg (Printed)

Hannibal mounted on a horse which rears violently in the waves

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Category	Ornament Prints
Object type	Engraving
Title	Hannibal mounted on a horse
Materials and techniques	Engraving and etching Printing Ink Engraving
Brief description	Virgil Solis. Hannibal mounted on a horse which rears violently in the waves. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description	Hannibal mounted on a horse which rears violently in the waves
Dimensions	Cut to height: 8.6cm Cut to width: 6.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered in the upper left of the plate: 'HANIWAL. .R.' Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the lower centre left of the plate.
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. Passavant, J.D., Le Peintre-Graveur, Leipzig, 1860-1864, no.573. 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.840-1927

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O760343/hannibal-mounted-on-a-horse-engraving-virgil-solis/

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