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Friezes with sea monsters

Print
1600-1610 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Maglioli (designer)
Fuchs (printmaker)
Fürst (publisher)
Place of origin
Nuremburg (made)

Copy in reverse.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleFriezes with sea monsters (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Sea monster in the form of a lion facing right and turning its head out. German, about 1610.
Physical description
Copy in reverse.
Dimensions
  • Cut to approx. height: 5.7cm
  • Cut to approx. width: 11.0cm
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.309, 4 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 4350.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 3, p.262.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
27700:11

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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