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Object Type
print
Museum number
1917,0714.4
Description
Aristotle and Phyllis; the latter seated on top of the former, with a whip in her hand Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Wenzel von Olmütz
After:
Monogrammist BR & anchor
School/style
German
Production date
1485-1500
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
115 millimetres
(borderlines, slightly trimmed above and at r side)
Width:
83 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Copied after the Monogrammist BR with the anchor.
Bibliographic references
Lehrs 1908-34 / Geschichte und kritische Katalog des deutschen, niederländischen und französischen Kupferstichs im XV Jahrhundert
(VI.243.64)
TIB / The Illustrated Bartsch
(0909.064)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
society/human life
Associated names
Representation of:
Aristotle
Representation of:
Phyllis
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Earls of Pembroke
(Wilton House sale Sothebys 5/6.vii1917/150)
Purchased through:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Acquisition date
1917
Acquisition notes
Wilton House sale, Sotheby, 6 July 1917, lot 150, bought by Colnaghi & Obach for £25 for the BM
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1917,0714.4