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Leo

Etching
1554-1591 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Jost Amman (etcher)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (printed)

Etching from a series showing astrological signs and the Months

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Allegory
Object type
Etching
TitleLeo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Jost Amman. Leo. One seven plates from a suite of eight representing the Months with Signs of the Zodiac. Germany, 1554-1591.
Physical description
Etching from a series showing astrological signs and the Months
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 6.0cm
  • Cut to width: 26.0cm
Bibliographic references
  • Bartrum, Giulia (Ed.)., The New Hollstein German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004), nos. 121-132.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1766-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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