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Etching

1530-1562 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Virgil Solis (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Print, etching with engraving

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving
Printing Ink
Etching
Engraving
Brief description
Virgil Solis. Covered goblet with Ceres. Plate from a suite of 24 designs for bowls, goblets, and other vessels. German, 1530-1562.
Physical description
Print, etching with engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 22.1cm
  • Cut to width: 12.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'VS' in the lower left of the plate.
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.627.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions: 1908, London: Printed For His Majesty's Stationery Office, Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., 1909
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1042-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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