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Engraving

1590-1599 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Hans Hirtz (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Wurzburg (Printed)
Nuremberg (Printed)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving, dotted manner
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Han Hirtz. Putto riding two dolphins whilst blowing a horn. Plate from a suite of 20 designs for goldsmith's work. German, 1590-99.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.3cm
  • Cut to width: 7.5cm
Object history
From the Polovtsoff Collection.
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 911.
  • Falk, Tilman (Ed.)., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. XIIIA, pp.245-6.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3638-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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