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James S. Gill, engraver

Ornament with Two Sphinxes and a Winged Man, 1879

Description

Maker

  • Pasquale Masiello, 1912-1987, American, printer
  • James S. Gill, 1844-1900, American, engraver
  • After Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1494-1533, Netherlandish, designer

Title

Ornament with Two Sphinxes and a Winged Man

Year

1879

Medium

Engraving on medium weight wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 10.3 x 14.3 cm (4 1/16 x 5 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--inscribed (in reverse) LR: S(inside)G /ILL(above)1787; inscribed (in reverse), center:1528/L

Identification

State

Copy

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Arthur Gill

Object Number

51.089

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

Here two monstrous hybrid creatures stand on each side of a seated winged man. This small composition is an ornament design, inspired by ancient Roman painted decorations known as grotesques. Working on a small scale, Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden creates a vivid sense of relief by setting his figures against a dark background built up from a dense grid of engraved lines.

Inspired by Italian prints and works by Albrecht Dürer, Lucas was the first Dutch artist to become famous for his engravings, among the most refined early achievements in the technique. Lucas’s plates were often reprinted and copied in later centuries. In 1879, the engraver James S. Gill made a faithful, though reversed, copy of the print.

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