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Etching

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

Etching

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Goblet with rams heads on the stems. Plate from a suite of 11 designs for goblets. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Etching
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 9.0cm
  • Cut to width: 5.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the lower left of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • 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.580.
  • 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. 532.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1232-1921

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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