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  • Mute sonnet





  • Author:
  • Freyre, Manuel
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  • Original engraving

  • Execution date:
  • Séc. XVIII [?]

  • Dimensions:
  • 270 x 170 mm

  • Technique:
  • Etching

  • Inventory No.:
  • FBAUL/387/GA
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  • Material:
  • (Matrix) Copper; (Paper) Fabriano 100% C.; (Ink)

  • Execution place:
  • Unavailable

  • Super Category:
  • Visual Arts

  • Category:
  • Antique Engraving

Description:
Various figures whose decoding forms a sonnet.

Inscription:
SONETO MUDO /POR FI GURAS, A QUE LLAMAN GRIFOS / VIII. Metro. [above the etching]

Subscription:
M. Freÿre afes em Lx.a [right]

Maintenance status:
Good
Margins with some damage

Location:
Drawing office - FBAUL

Bibliography:
Unavailable

Observations:
There is a round stamp on the back biting the print: "Centro Nacional de Calcografia e Gravura" E.S.B.A.L. N.º Ch. 361 I/IV 22-03-74 ao N.º Ch. 361 IV/IV 22-03-74. Eventually, it can be contextualized in the Portuguese Visual-Texts from the 17th and 18th century.

Inventory date:
2004

Poster:
Maria Teresa Sabido

Photography date:
2014