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Deux genies soutenant un croissant

Engraving
1573 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Etienne Delaune (designed)
Place of origin
France (Printed)

Engraving

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleDeux genies soutenant un croissant
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Etienne Delaune. Plate from a suite of 6 designs for grotesques on a black ground with divinities and allegories. France, 1573.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.5cm
  • Cut to width: 5.2cm
Bibliographic references
  • Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583) , vol. II, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 265.
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 362. Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. I, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 43.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2621-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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