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Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1541

Artist:

Virgil Solis, the Elder
German, 1514-1562

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Virgilius Solis, the Elder

Title

Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1536–1546

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 3.1 × 17.6 cm (1 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 3.4 × 17.9 cm (1 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1920.2436

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