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Print

ca. 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Impression from a gun-mounting featuring a naked male figure wrapped around a curling leaf alongside the head and torso of a woman as on the prow of a ship. Lettered in reverse 'Les Thvraines a Paris'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Impression from a gun-mounting featuring a naked male figure wrapped around a curling leaf alongside the head and torso of a woman as on the prow of a ship. French, ca. 1650.
Physical description
Impression from a gun-mounting featuring a naked male figure wrapped around a curling leaf alongside the head and torso of a woman as on the prow of a ship. Lettered in reverse 'Les Thvraines a Paris'.
Dimensions
  • Cut to average size height: 1in
  • Cut to average size width: 3.75in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in reverse 'Les Thvraines a Paris'.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.1913-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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