Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)
Schöne Figuren auß dem Ovidio (Ovid's Metamorphoses), plate twelve from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
INV-1321
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562)
assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)1569, assembled into portfolio 1937
Schöne Figuren auß dem Ovidio (Ovid's Metamorphoses), plate twelve from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943) →woodcutprint
Date
1569, assembled into portfolio 1937
Medium
Woodcut on paper
Dimensions
Image, recto: 9.9 × 13.1 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.); Image/text, recto: 13.3 × 13.2 cm (5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Image, verso: 9.9 × 13 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Image/text, verso: 13.1 × 13 cm (5 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 14.7 × 19.8 cm (5 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
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Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)