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Virgilius Solis

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Engraving of seven allegorical women representing the liberal arts, each labeled and holding a symbolic object, on grass.

Seven Liberal Arts

1530-62

Pen and ink design of a horizontal frieze with scrolling grapevines, grape clusters, and a central urn, dated 1537.

Design for a Frieze of Grapevines

1537

Engraved landscape with tall trees, a river, a distant town and mountains, and a seated figure writing near a rock at right.

St. John on the Island of Patmos

c. 1545-55

Pen and brown ink roundel drawing of a crowned bearded head above a shield with a harp, with letters O.H.L. V.S.

Design for a Bookplate or a Glass Etching

about 1550-1560

Ornamental print with strapwork, foliage, monkeys, a griffin, a lion and a double-headed eagle on a dark ground.

Strapwork and Foliage Ornament on Dark Ground with Monkeys and other Animals

1514

Engraving of a winged woman among clouds and stars, with a cherub holding sheet music and a landscape below.

Mvsica (Music)

1514

Engraving of a female allegorical figure labeled Gramatica with cherubs, an open alphabet book, clouds and a landscape below.

Gramatica (Grammar)

1514

Engraving of an allegorical woman among clouds with a celestial wheel and cherubs, labeled ASTROLOGIA, above a classical land

Astrologia (Astrology)

1514

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with a scroll among clouds, flanked by putti, above a city and trees.

Rhetorica (Rhetoric)

1514

Engraving of an allegorical female figure with scales among clouds, flanked by putti, with ruins and palms below.

Dialectica (Dialectics)

1514

Engraving of the allegorical figure Arithmetic among clouds, with putti holding tablets and a town in the landscape below.

Artihmetria (Arithmetic)

1514

Engraving of an allegorical female figure Geometria on clouds with putti holding a compass, above a town with a bridge.

Geometria (Geometry)

1514

Engraved procession of classical figures including Venus, Mars and Mercury, with a cart pulled by oxen.

Spring

1514

Engraving of a crowned rider on a harnessed horse holding a sword, with a parrot perched at upper right.

Herttakuningas (pelikortti)

1544

Pen drawing of a crowned woman on a horse holding a spear, with a bird perched beside her.

Herttarouva (pelikortti)

1544

Woodcut of a wedding feast turned to violent swordfight, with figures at a table and an ornate decorative border.

Phineus verstoort de bruiloft van Perseus en Andromeda

1569

Woodcut of Perseus on winged horse attacking sea monster while nude Andromeda stands chained to rocks, within an ornate borde

Harmonia en Cadmus

1569

Woodcut of nine women fleeing a columned building while figures kneel, framed by ornate scrollwork and Latin verse.

Muzen gevlucht voor Pyreneus

1569

Woodcut of Perseus holding up the Medusa head as warriors turn to stone, framed by an ornamental border with Latin and German

Phineus en zijn volgelingen in steen veranderd

1569

Woodcut of Minerva approaching the Muses in a forest, with a winged horse and lyre, framed by ornamental scrollwork.

Minerva bezoekt de Muzen op de berg Helicon

1569

Woodcut of a winged serpent-drawn chariot above columns and a lynx, framed by ornate border with Latin and German text.

Ceres verhindert de moord op Triptolemus

1569

Woodcut of a veiled woman with a torch and a child turning into a lizard beside a hut, with a hilly landscape behind.

Ceres verandert Ascalabus in een hagedis

1569

Woodcut of Alpheus chasing Arethusa, a goddess in a cloud above, inside an ornate decorative border with text.

Alpheüs en Arethusa

1569

Woodcut of Pandion, Tereus and Philomela before a city and ship, framed by an ornamental border with Dutch verse captions.

Pandion geeft Philomela mee aan Tereus

1569

Scan of a printed German blackletter text page with a chronicle narrative about Dagobertus, king of the Franks.

Portretten van Clovis II

1598

Engraving of a standing woman with a swan beside her, framed by ornate scrollwork, putti, and a lettered cartouche.

Leda en de zwaan

1524

Woodcut of Polymestor killing Polydorus, with armed men, a tower and trees, framed by an ornamental border and text.

Polymestor vermoordt Polydorus

1569

Woodcut of a battle among armored warriors beside a temple, with ships on the sea at left, framed by an ornate border.

Val van Troje

1569

Woodcut of Hecuba and attendants discovering a body on a rocky shore, framed by ornamental scrollwork with Latin text.

Hekuba ontdekt het lichaam van Polydorus

1569

Woodcut of a man carrying an elder on his shoulders past a burning city by the sea, within an ornate decorative border.

Aeneas vlucht met zijn familie uit Troje

1569

Woodcut of Scylla on a shore as the sea god Glaucus rises from the waves, within an ornate decorative border.

Glaucus en Scylla

1569

Woodcut of Galatea, Polyphemus and Acis: a piping shepherd on a rocky hill with sheep, nymphs by the sea, in an ornate border

Galatea bemind door Polyphemus en Acis

1569

Woodcut of the Cyclops Polyphemus devouring men on a rocky shore, framed by an ornate border with Latin and German text.

Polyphemus verslindt de mannen van Odysseus

1569

Woodcut of nude Scylla among dog-headed sea creatures and a serpent-tailed monster, with rocky coast and ornate border.

Scylla in een zeemonster veranderd

1569

Woodcut of two hunters with dogs in a forest beside a large tree, framed by ornate scrollwork and text.

Cephalus en Aurora

1569

Black-and-white print of a wide landscape with large trees, a river, a distant town, mountains and a seated figure at right.

Landscape with Saint John the Evangelist

mid-16th century

Engraving of a veiled woman with a palm branch in front of classical arched buildings and an obelisk.

Dwaze maagd als personificatie van Ferrara

1524

Engraved print of a bearded crowned king in a medallion, with hunting scene and text below, by Virgilius Solis.

Portret van Clovis II, koning van Neustrië en Bourgondië

1598

Engraved portrait of a crowned king with scepter in a circular medallion, framed by ornamental border and text.

Portretten van Chilperik I

1598

Woodcut of Medea raising her arms before a serpent-drawn chariot in a night sky, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Medea bidt tot Hecate

1569

Woodcut of a woman serving a meal to a seated king under a canopy, framed by ornate borders with Latin and German captions.

Lichaam van Itys opgediend aan Tereus

1569

Woodcut of armored Jason with a spear facing a winged dragon beside a tree, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Jason en de draak

1569

Woodcut of Jason and Medea approaching a columned altar by the sea, framed by ornate scrollwork, with German and Latin verse

Jason en Medea bij het altaar van Diana

1569

Woodcut of Medea at a cauldron beside a reclining old man, with flames rising behind them, framed by ornamental border.

Medea herstelt de jeugd van Aeson

1569

Woodcut of women killing an old man in bed, with a serpent-drawn chariot and cauldron, inside an ornate border.

Dochters van Pelias doden hun vader

1569

Woodcut of Hercules fighting the three-headed dog Cerberus by a stone archway, framed by an ornate scrolled border.

Hercules en Cerberus

1569

Woodcut of Jupiter in clouds above a robed man and small figures emerging near a tree, framed by ornamental borders.

Jupiter verandert mieren in de Myrmidonen

1569

Woodcut of a hunter with a bow beside a wounded woman in a forest, framed by an ornate decorative border with verses.

Procris per ongeluk door Cephalus gedood

1569

A Greyhound in Profile Facing Left

1549

Engraving of Christ being baptized in a river by a kneeling John the Baptist, with a dove above and an ornate border.

De Doop van Christus

1524

Engraved print with a decorative border, a cherub head at top, and a block of Latin and German text inside a frame.

Tekst: Veniet hor (...)

1524

Engraved page with ornamental scrollwork border, birds and flowers framing German text block.

Tekst: Querit (...)

1524

Engraving of nude figures kneeling and raising their arms toward a radiant light in the clouds, within an ornate frame.

Opstanding der doden

1524

Engraving of two haloed bearded men talking in a landscape, with kneeling figures and a figure in clouds, in an ornate scroll

Uittocht der discipelen

1524

Engraved ornamental frame with a winged cherub, scrollwork and foliage around a Latin and German text panel.

Tekst: Et quod (...)

1524

Etched print of an ornamental frame with Latin and German religious text, scrollwork, a lion head and floral motifs.

Tekst: Quibus meis eg (...)

1524

Engraving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds the crucified Christ with the dove of the Spirit above, within an ornate

De Drieëenheid

1524

Engraving of Saint Peter with a halo holding a key, set in an ornate border with a cherub and rooster.

H. Petrus

1524

Engraved text panel of the Creed in Latin and German, framed by scrollwork, foliage and a reclining cherub.

Tekst: Creo in Deum (...)

1524

Etched print with a decorative border of masks and scrollwork framing a text panel with Latin and German inscriptions.

Tekst: Et in Jesum (...)

1524

Engraving of Saint Andrew holding an X-shaped cross beside a column, within an ornate decorative frame with foliage.

H. Andreas

1524

Black and white ornamental print with a central eagle, grotesque mask, lion, griffin, monkeys, and foliage scrollwork.

Ornament

Album page with five engravings: hunting scenes, a foliage frieze, and a large ornamental jug with figures.

Albumblad met vijf prenten met jachtscènes, dieren en een kan

1500

Album page with engraved hunting scenes, a figure of St. Gertrude, centaurs, and a nautilus cup held by a dragon-like creatur

Albumblad met zeven prenten met jachtscènes, de heilige Gertulda, centauren en een nautilusbokaal

1500