Adam holding tree truck and covering himself in centre of a decorative niche surrounded by strapwork, foliage, grotesque animals, and trophies, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I
Details
-
Title
Adam holding tree truck and covering himself in centre of a decorative niche surrounded by strapwork, foliage, grotesque animals, and trophies, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I
-
Artist/maker
Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562) (printmaker) -
Associated place
Nuremberg (place of publication) -
Date
1530 - 1562 -
Material and technique
engraving and etching on laid paper
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
sheet 8 x 4.9 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
-
Museum location
Western Art Print Room
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1915.84.79.2
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Further reading
Hollstein, F. W. H., Hollstein German: Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1400-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-), 1
O'Dell-Franke, Ilse, Kupferstiche und Radierungen aus der Werkstatt des Virgil Solis (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1977), no. a2
Bartsch, Adam von, The Illustrated Bartsch, Walter L. Strauss ed. (New York: Abaris Books, 1978-), no. 2 (246)
Warncke, Carsten-Peter, Die ornamentale Groteske in Deutschland 1500 - 1650 (Berlin: Spiess, 1979), unmentioned
Groot, Irene Margaretha de, Jong, Marijnke de, Ornamentprenten in Het Rijksprentenkabinet (Rijksmuseum, 1988), 451.2
Reference URL
