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Dotted Manner Engraving

1581 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dotted manner engraving


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Dotted manner engraving.
Brief description
Bernhard Zan. Design for a tankard with handle on the right, ornamented with strapwork arabesques, in the centre a female head, on the lid a bearded face and on the handle the head of a child. Plate from a suite of 40 designs for goldsmith's work. Nuremberg, 1581.
Physical description
Dotted manner engraving
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 17.0cm
  • To plate mark width: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated in the lower right of the plate: '.B.Z. / .1.5.8.1.'
Bibliographic reference
Andresen, A., Der deutsche Peintre-Graveur…von dem letzten Drittel des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1864-1878, Vol. III. pp. 260-1, nos.13-52.
Collection
Accession number
E.2625-1917

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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