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