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Schöne zierliche Schrifften der lieben Jugend zu nützlichen vnterricht …. Durch Christophorium Fabium Brechteln Rechenmaistern an Tage geben und durch Heinrich Ulrichen Kunstestechern daselbst Kupffer gebracht

Print
1613 (published)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Ulrich (printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (published)

An engraved page of elaborate calligraphic writing decorated with animals. At the top is a snail moving along the scrolls of the writing and along the bottom, perched on the scrolls of the writing, are three birds.

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Writing
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Print
TitleSchöne zierliche Schrifften der lieben Jugend zu nützlichen vnterricht …. Durch Christophorium Fabium Brechteln Rechenmaistern an Tage geben und durch Heinrich Ulrichen Kunstestechern daselbst Kupffer gebracht (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Brief description
Print by Heinrich Ulrich, plate from a suite of 12, including title plate, from a writing book entitled ‘Schöne zierliche Schrifften der lieben Jugend zu nützlichen vnterricht …. Durch Christophorium Fabium Brechteln Rechenmaistern an Tage geben und durch Heinrich Ulrichen Kunstestechern daselbst Kupffer gebracht’, Germany 1613
Physical description
An engraved page of elaborate calligraphic writing decorated with animals. At the top is a snail moving along the scrolls of the writing and along the bottom, perched on the scrolls of the writing, are three birds.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 15.8cm
  • Cut to width: 19.9cm
Subjects depicted
Snail
Birds
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 4816.
  • 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.2412-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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