Ostrich on left side with nine other birds, including a heron and a pelican, depicted on a minimal ground with patches of foliage around some of the birds, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

Details

• Title

  Ostrich on left side with nine other birds, including a heron and a pelican, depicted on a minimal ground with patches of foliage around some of the birds, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

• Artist/maker

  after Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562) (designer)

• Associated place

  Europe › Germany › Bavaria › Nuremberg (place of publication)

• Date

  after 1557

• Material and technique

  engraving and etching on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print › ornament print;

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  sheet 6.6 x 7.9 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.

  WA1915.84.75.1

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