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Print

1570 (Engraved)
Artist/Maker
Marelli, Andrea (Engraver)
Place of origin
Rome (Engraved)

Letter X in a strapwork border containing a satyr-herm on each side. At the top two reclining putti, and at the bottom, in each corner, a seated putto.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
The letter 'X';1 of 21 plates from a suite of 23 from the second part of Il Perfetto Scrittore by Giovanni Francesco Cresci.
Physical description
Letter X in a strapwork border containing a satyr-herm on each side. At the top two reclining putti, and at the bottom, in each corner, a seated putto.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 14.9cm
  • To plate mark width: 20.9cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in monogram AM.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.293, no. 38.
  • Colijn, I., Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung des Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie in der Kgl. Bibliothek zu Stockholm, Stockholm, 1933, (97).
  • Berlin, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, (5187).
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, pp.30-35 (cat.1).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2730-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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