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Object Type
print
Museum number
1874,0711.1874
Title
Series:
Twelve mythological women
Description
Plate 4: Eris/ Discordia; whole-length figure, frontal view; surrounded by flames and standing on a globe between two serpents; from a series of twelve engravings of mythological women in elaborate strapwork borders. Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Virgil Solis
School/style
German
Production date
1530-1562
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
110 millimetres
Width:
83 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM has a complete set of the series.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(237.II)
O'Dell-Franke 1977 / Kupferstiche und Radierungen aus der Werkstatt des Virgil Solis
(d.31)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(IX.257.95)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
ornament
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eris
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
H G Gutekunst
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1874,0711.1874