Ornamentlijst met rolwerk en vijf oudtestamentische scènes, Virgilius Solis, Sigmund Feyerabend, 1560

Title(s)

Ornamentlijst met rolwerk en vijf oudtestamentische scènes

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-22.030

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 15.1

Artist

• print maker: Virgilius Solis (mentioned on object)
• Sigmund Feyerabend (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend
• publisher: David Zöpfel
• publisher: Johann Rasch

Place

print maker: Neurenberg
publisher: Frankfurt am Main
publisher: Frankfurt am Main
publisher: Frankfurt am Main

Dating

1560

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 286 mm × width 189 mm

What

• scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament
• the ark is floating on the waters, while life on earth is destroyed ~ story of Noah
• Lot's daughters make their father drunk
• frogs invading pharaoh's palace (Exodus 7:26-29 or 8:1-4)
• Moses receives the tables of the law from God
• on seeing the idolaters Moses breaks the tables of the law
• the building of the Tower of Babel; Nimrod may be present, supervising or assisting the construction

Acquisition

unknown 1994

Copyright

Public domain

• Virgil Solis book illustrations : part I, Dieter Beaujean, Giulia Bartrum, p. 140-141, cat.nr. 15.1