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Etching

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

Print, etching with engraving


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Printing Ink
Etching
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Circular design with a lion. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Print, etching with engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.7cm
  • Cut to width: 6.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the centre left of the plate. (Signed with monogram)
  • 'Avr' (Lettered)
  • 'A. Fal' (Lettered)
  • Medallions left and right are lettered 'AVR' and 'A. FAL'
Subjects depicted
Lions (Animals)
Strapwork
Bibliographic references
  • Peters, Jane S., ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 19 (Part 1). German masters of the sixteenth century: Virgil Solis: Intaglio Prints and Woodcuts. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 463.
  • 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.659
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5392-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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