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Blackwork Engraving

1591 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving in the blackwork manner


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Blackwork engraving
Brief description
Corwinian Saur. Plate from a series of six grotesque designs for goldsith's ornament. Germany, 1591.
Physical description
Engraving in the blackwork manner
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 4.1cm
  • Cut to width: 5.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with the monogram 'C S' in the lower centre of the plate.
Bibliographic reference
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’, 11.
Collection
Accession number
E.126C-1891

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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