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Object Type
print
Museum number
1922,0610.46
Description
Ornament with morris dancers; in the lower centre is a mound, from where a log and winding branches with thorns and foliage grow to either side; in the centre stands a woman, around whom six dancers, a jester and a musician assemble; with blotches; first state. c. 1495 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Israhel van Meckenem
School/style
German
Production date
1490-1500
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
114 millimetres
(borderline)
Height:
119 millimetres
(with lower margin)
Width:
266 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See also Alan Shestack, Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1968, no. 247.
Bibliographic references
Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert
(IX.457.617.I)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VI.280.201)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(617)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ornament
dance
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Odling
(sale Sotheby's 4/6.iv.1922/756)
Acquisition date
1922
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1922,0610.46