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Print

1530-1562 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (printed)

An engraved design for a covered goblet decorated with three eagles with wings outstretched.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Designs
Drinking
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Virgil Solis, design for a covered goblet with three eagles, plate from a suite of 24 designs for bowls, goblets, and other vessels, German, 1530-1562
Physical description
An engraved design for a covered goblet decorated with three eagles with wings outstretched.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 21.0cm
  • Cut to width: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the upper centre of the plate.
Subjects depicted
Eagles
Goblet
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.611.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3364-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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