Virgil Solis, the Elder
German, 1514-1562
Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises
INV-1090
Virgil Solis, the Elder
German, 1514-1562c. 1541
Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises
Virgil Solis, the Elder German, 1514-1562 →etchingprint
Date
c. 1541
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 3.1 × 17.6 cm (1 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 3.4 × 17.9 cm (1 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
Also notable
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Schöne Figuren vor alle Fabeln Esopi (Aesop's Fables), plate eleven from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Illustration from Heldenbuch, plate 32 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) and Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
