Printing Plate
1623 (designed)
| Artist/Maker |
The curved edge of the plate identifies this as an electrotype. Electrotyping involves ‘growing’ a copper layer over a mould taken from an original plate or block by placing it into a solution of copper sulphate and passing an electric current through it. Electrotyping enabled the original to be preserved for longer so that more prints could be taken over its lifetime.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Copperplate electrotype from an original engraved copperplate |
| Brief description | Electrotyped copper plate. From an original copper plate engraved by Valentin Sezenius in 1623. The Adoration of the Shepherds. |
| Physical description | The Adoration of the Shepherds. Copperplate electrotype printing plate, from an original engraved copperplate by Valentin Sezenius. Baby Jesus lying in a manger in the foreground, around him are the Virgin Mary and Joseph of Nazareth, a shepherd, a dog, and some sheep or goats. Above them all is an angel and a shooting star. Initialled and dated V S 1623 in the sky. The skirt of the Virgin Mary's dress is conspicuously decorated with a deeply cut floral design. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | VS / 1623 (Initialled and dated, top-left corner (in reverse).) |
| Object history | This design was used for a pendant plaque in email en résille on blue glass, mounted in silver-gilt, possibly made 1800-1860, see 6996-1860. Another enamel from this design is in the Museo Civico, Pavia. |
| Production | This design was used for a pendant plaque in email en résille, see 6996-1860. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The curved edge of the plate identifies this as an electrotype. Electrotyping involves ‘growing’ a copper layer over a mould taken from an original plate or block by placing it into a solution of copper sulphate and passing an electric current through it. Electrotyping enabled the original to be preserved for longer so that more prints could be taken over its lifetime. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1344-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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