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Etching

1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, etching with engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Covered goblet with Adam and Eve on the stem. Plate from a suite of 24 designs for bowls, goblets, and other vessels. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Print, etching with engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 23.9cm
  • Cut to width: 14.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' on the lower left 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 II, no.631.
  • 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
Accession number
E.1045-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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