Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Schöne Figuren vor alle Fabeln Esopi (Aesop's Fables), plate eleven from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
INV-1321
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)1566, assembled into portfolio 1937
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) →woodcutprint
Date
1566, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
Image: 4.9 × 6.7 cm (1 15/16 × 2 11/16 in.); Image/text: 12.6 × 6.7 cm (5 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 15 × 9.9 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
Also notable
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Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
The Taking of Jericho from Catholische Bibell, plate ten from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)