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Etching

1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Etching.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Segment of a bowl border ornamented with a satyr with halberd. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 4.7cm
  • Cut to width: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the lower centre of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • Beaujean, Dieter., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. 64, Virgil Solis, Part III, no.668.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions: 1908, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., 1909
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2750-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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