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Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati

Blackwork Engraving
1580-1590 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Renbage (Printmaker)
Crispijn De Passe (Publisher)
Place of origin
Cologne (Printed)

Engraving in the blackwork manner


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Blackwork engraving
TitleQuinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (series title)
Materials and techniques
Blackwork engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Heinrich Renbage. Taste. Plate from a suite of six designs for goldsmith's ornament, entitled 'Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati'. Germany, about 1590.
Physical description
Engraving in the blackwork manner
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 4.6cm
  • To plate mark width: 5.8cm
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.372, 48 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 633 (2).
  • 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.1035-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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