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Ornament Print

1591 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Border of strapwork with two smoking urns enclosing a portrait of a Sultan of Turkey printed from a separate plate.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
engraving on paper
Brief description
Anonymous, from a set of plates of strapwork borders designed to enclose portraits printed from separate plates. Issued with a set of portraits of Sultans of Turkey and Kings of Spain. Italian, after 1591.
Physical description
Border of strapwork with two smoking urns enclosing a portrait of a Sultan of Turkey printed from a separate plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.2cm
  • Width: 15.9cm
Style
Object history
From Miller (1999):
These plates are probably replacements for borders composed of similar elements by Camillo Graffico, 21412:1-8,, as five of the portraits are common to both sets.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, pp. 50-51 (cat. 7).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Accession number
E.829-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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