Personification of Germany as a wise virgin, Germania, Personifications of European countries and provinces as wise and foolish virgins, print, number: '128', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 79 mm x width 50 mm, Print is part of a series of ten prints with personifications of European countries and provinces as the five wise and five foolish virgins., personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, representation of wise virgin(s), costume, Germany, A tall woman in a long draped dress stands in profile facing left, wearing a fitted bodice with puffed sleeves and a necklace, her hair arranged in an updo with decorative curls; she holds a large torch with a visible flame in her extended left hand while her right hand rests on her hip, and a flowing outer garment wraps around her waist and falls to the ground revealing simple sandals. Behind her, stylized clouds fill the sky above a ...
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Personification of Germany as a wise virgin, Germania, Personifications of European countries and provinces as wise and foolish virgins, print, number: '128', printmaker: Virgilius Solis, Nuremberg, 1524 - 1562, Bavaria, paper, engraving, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 79 mm x width 50 mm, Print is part of a series of ten prints with personifications of European countries and provinces as the five wise and five foolish virgins., personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, representation of wise virgin(s), costume, Germany, A tall woman in a long draped dress stands in profile facing left, wearing a fitted bodice with puffed sleeves and a necklace, her hair arranged in an updo with decorative curls; she holds a large torch with a visible flame in her extended left hand while her right hand rests on her hip, and a flowing outer garment wraps around her waist and falls to the ground revealing simple sandals. Behind her, stylized clouds fill the sky above a calm landscape with a winding stream, clustered trees, and a small house on a distant bank, while to the right an arched stone structure and a rounded rock or cave opening appear near the ground; the entire scene is rendered in fine linear etching with hatch marks and textured shading.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B40_346

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

46.2Mo (7.6Mo) / 27.9cm x 41.4cm / 3297 x 4893 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Personification Germany wise virgin Germania Personifications European countries provinces wise foolish virgins print number 128 printmaker Virgilius Solis Nuremberg 1524 - 1562 Bavaria paper engraving etching intaglio printmaking technique height 79 mm x width 50 mm Print part series ten prints personifications five wise five foolish virgins countries nations states districts representation s costume tall woman long draped dress stands profile facing left wearing fitted bodice puffed sleeves necklace hair arranged updo decorative curls holds large torch visible flame extended left hand right hand rests hip flowing outer garment wraps waist falls ground revealing simple sandals stylized clouds fill sky calm landscape winding stream clustered trees small house distant bank right arched stone structure rounded rock cave opening near entire scene rendered fine linear etching hatch marks textured shading

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