A montage including six vignettes - Lot 264

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A montage including six vignettes - Lot 264
A montage including six vignettes Dimensions of the montage : 27 x 38 cm 1-Attributed to Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) The creation of Adam and Eve Pen and black ink, 10 cm diameter Insolate, stains We know the engraving in reverse of our drawing in a rectangle format (see :The illustrated Bartsch, German masters of the sixteenth century, Tome 19, first part, volume 9, p.284, fig.1.2 (316), rep. 2- Attributed to Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) The Ascencion, after A.Durër Pen and black ink, 10 cm diameter A stain in the upper center We know the engraving in reverse of our drawing in a rectangle format (see : The illustrated Bartsch, German masters of the sixteenth century, Tome 19, part one, volume 9, p.417, fig.2.46 (317), rep. 3- Attributed to Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) Scene from the old testament Pen and black ink, 10 cm diameter Insolate, small spots 4- Workshop Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) The Hebrews in the fiery furnace Pen and black ink, grey wash 10 cm diameter Small spots Our drawing can be compared to an engraving in the same sense inserted in a rectangle format (see : The illustrated Bartsch, German masters of the sixteenth century, Tome 19, part one, volume 9, p.325, fig.1.84. (316), rep. 5- Attributed to Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) Aaron as high priest Pen and black ink, 10 cm diameter Insolate, small spots We know the engraving in reverse of our drawing in a rectangle format (see : The illustrated Bartsch, German masters of the sixteenth century, Vol. 19, Part I, Vol. 9, p.296, fig.1.26 (316), rep. 6-Attributed to Virgil SOLIS (Nuremberg 1514 - 1562) Moses, Aaron and Hur Pen and black ink, 10 cm diameter each Insolate, small spots Virgil Solis is one of the most prolific German engravers of the 16th century. He was active in Nuremberg from 1539 until his death in 1562. Several of our drawings are related to the series of 218 woodcuts, published in 1565 in Nuremberg, on the Old and New Testament. And one of the drawings is related to the series of 50 woodcuts, published in 1552 in Nuremberg, on the Passion of Christ. Solis engraved either after his own invention or after drawings or engravings by other artists, as our drawing from the Durer engraving shows.
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