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Engraving

1594 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Corwinian Saur (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Germany (Printed)

Engraving

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Corwinian Saur. Plate from a series of six upright grotesque designs. Germany, 1594.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.7cm
  • Cut to width: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: '.15. .94. / CORWINIANNVS SAVR. FECIT'
Credit line
From the Sagert-Friedenau Collection
Bibliographic references
  • Falk, Tilman (Ed.)., Hollstein’s German, engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004): vol. XLII, Gordian Sanz to Hans Schäufelein’, 20.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3329-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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