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Print

1596 (made), 1596 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Mignot (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Augsburg (Printed)

1st state.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Daniel Mignot. Large pendant with a winged creature holding two snakes. Plate from a set of 8 pendants with silhouetted grotesques. German, 1596.
Physical description
1st state.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 14.8cm
  • Cut to width: 10.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed with the monogram 'DM' in the lower left corner and lettered 'F.' in the lower right of the plate.
  • Numbered 'X(V)III' in the lower centre of the plate. (the 'V' is erased but still visible.)
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1980): vol. XXVIII, no.45.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1980) vol. XXVIII, no.41.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2152-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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