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Engraving

1530-1560 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Engraving

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Emperor Vespasian. Plate from a suite of 12 representing Roman Emperors within a strapwork border. Nuremberg, 1530-1560.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.4cm
  • Cut to width: 5.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'VESPASIANO DER 8 C REGIRT 9 IAR'
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate: 'NERO DER 11 CA. REGIRET 1 IAR 72 ALT.'
  • Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the border of the plate.
Credit line
From the Lanna Collection.
Object history
From the Lana collection.
Bibliographic references
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 456.
  • 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. 79.
  • 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.2836-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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