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Etching

1554-1591 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Jost Amman (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

Etching.

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Jost Amman. Coat of arms of the Holzschuher family. Germany, 1554-1591.
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 19.2cm
  • To plate mark width: 16.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed lower left and right on the strapwork 'I.A.'
Bibliographic reference
Bartrum, Giulia (Ed.)., The New Hollstein German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2004), no.180.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29763A

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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