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Melancolicus

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

Plate 4.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMelancolicus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. The Melancholic Temperament. Plate from a series of personifications of the four temperaments. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Plate 4.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.0cm
  • Cut to width: 5.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate between the margin and plate mark: 'MELANCOLICVS'
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' on the base od a column in the lower right of the plate.
  • Lettered in the lower centre of the plate between the margin and plate mark: 'OMN . MELANCOLICI . STVDIVM . SINE . FINE . PERERRANT. HAC . GENERIS . CELEBRES . PARE . FVERE . VIRI'
Bibliographic reference
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. 181.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.264-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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