Dialectica (Dialectics)

Virgil Solis

Associated Names
Virgil Solis

Artist, German, 1514 - 1562

This is a drawing titled "DIALECTICA". It features a personified representation of Dialectics amidst clouds and decorative elements. The word "DIALECTICA" is inscribed above the figure. In the background, there is an idyllic landscape with trees and a building. The foreground has cherubs and celestial symbols, one holding a pair of scales. The style of the drawing resembles Renaissance-period engravings or woodcuts.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7977

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 443, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Seven Liberal Arts [B. 190-196]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1933

  • An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1933, no. 66.

1945

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 33.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1949

  • Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Vol. LXIV (Virgil Solis, Dieter Beaujean, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 2004, 443, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65026325

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