Virgil Solis (1514–1562)
“Samson Rends the Lion” (TIB title) with letterpress text verso,
1560 (and 1562 with the strapwork border), from the series of 220 woodcuts in
woodcut borders by Vigil Solis, published in 1562 by Sigmund Feierabend (1528–1590)
in Frankfurt and printed by Johann Rasch (fl.1556–1562)
and David Zöpfel (aka David Zephelius) (fl.c.1555–1563), as
illustrations to “Biblische Figuren des Alten Testaments / Biblische Figuren
des Neuwen Testaments”. Archive.org offers an
online view of this print in its context in the publication; see https://archive.org/details/VirgilSolisBible1562/page/n51/mode/2up.
Regarding the publication in which this print features, the
Curator of the British Museum advises: “The first edition was published in
1560. [This print with its strapwork frame features in] the second, enlarged
edition, with 74 new images and woodcut borders from the 1561 Bible. The New
Testament part is wrongly dated 1552 on the title-page” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1870-0625-191-411).
Woodcut on early laid paper trimmed around the strapwork
borderline with letterpress text verso and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 11.7 x 15.8 cm.
TIB 19 (Part 1) (9) 1.41 (316) (Jane S Peters & Walter
L Strauss [Eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: German Masters of the
Sixteenth Century”, vol. 19 [Part 1], p. 304).
Condition: a well-printed impression showing some signs of
wear to the printing plate trimmed around the strapwork borderline and laid
onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in an
excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or stains.
I am selling this superb woodcut created in 1560 for a
total cost of AU$227 (currently US$151.73/EUR137.28/GBP120.85 at the time of
this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are interested in purchasing this small but visually
arresting woodcut, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I
will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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