Erysichthon verkoopt zijn dochter, Virgilius Solis, 1569

Title(s)

Erysichthon verkoopt zijn dochter
Erisichthon filiam vendit (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-22.089(R)

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 2296
• Hollstein German 1832

Artist

• print maker: Virgilius Solis
• Monogrammist H (16e eeuw) (possibly)
• publisher: Georg Rab
• publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend
• publisher: erven Weigand Han

Place

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

Dating

1569

Material

• paper

Technique

letterpress printing

Measurements

height 60 mm × width 80 mm × height 100 mm × width 130 mm
height 150 mm × width 183 mm

What

• scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament
• Erysichthon, having squandered all his possessions, is supported by his daughter Metra, who lets herself be sold in various forms
• Me(s)tra changed into various forms: to support her famished father Erysichthon, Me(s)tra changes herself into various forms (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 872)

Acquisition

unknown 1994

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Fames besmet Erysichthon met onverzadigbare honger

• Virgil Solis book illustrations : part III, Dieter Beaujean, Giulia Bartrum, p. 194, 205, cat.nr. 2296, 1832
• Virgil Solis book illustrations : part II, Dieter Beaujean, Giulia Bartrum, p. 96, 119, cat.nr. 1832