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Print

1595-1620 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Dietrich Meyer (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Zurich (Published)

Title plate.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Dietrich Meyer. Plate from a suite of twelve designs for pendants and crosses ornamented with grotesques populated with figures and animals. Switzerland, 1595-1620.
Physical description
Title plate.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 7.2cm
  • To plate mark width: 7.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'THEODORICVS MEYER. F. ET. EXCVDIT.'
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.393, 14 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 648.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-2000): vol. XXVIII, no.103.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
27041:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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