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1942

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Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Bernhard Zan. It is dated 1580 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

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Its dimensions are

Sheet: 29.5 x 18.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) Platemark: 23.2 x 15.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, center upper margin: 121; in graphite, center lower margin: 9

Cite this object as

Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels); Print Maker: Bernhard Zan (Germany, active ca. 1580); Germany; punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper; Sheet: 29.5 x 18.4 cm (11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) Platemark: 23.2 x 15.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-16

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