Artist: Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562)
Nationality: German
Movement:
Media: Printmaking,Engraving,Painting
Influences:

Biography:
Virgil Solis hailed from Nuremberg, becoming a master in 1539. Although he was a self-proclaimed painter, he is known for his work as a printmaker and book illustrator. He created prints based on German and Italian master paintings and also produced biblical and decorative woodcuts that were published in eleven editions from 1562 to 1606. Other decorative artists often used his prints as models for furniture, architecture, jewelry and other crafts. His woodblocks and plates were printed by their owners after his death and until the 1650’s.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Virgil Solis, Esther, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Nehemiah, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, John XIII, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Matthew XXVI, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Lencz (one of the four seasons), 16th century
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Virgil Solis, The Society of Anabaptists, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with various birds, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Strip containing four busts, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Antique Ruins, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Hares Roasting a Hunter, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Soldiers practising with various weapons, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, [German book illustration], 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Four heads in oblong decorative design, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with design of ornamental foliage, Initials V-S, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Artists drawing in imaginary antique ruins, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Two bands of ornamental foliage on one print; upper band with initials V -S, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Two bands of ornamental foliage on one print; lower band with monogram, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with chimera, ibex, stag, unicorn, leopard and wold., 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Copy after D¸rer"sSeven Angels with the Trumpets from the Apocalypse series, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with design of ornamental foliage, white on dark background. Initials V-S, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with three female busts encircled in garlands; between, ornamental foliage with a parrot, a monkey, a fox, and an owl, 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Band with arabesque designs, initials V-S. Thirteen soldiers (right-hand portion of procession), 16th century
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Virgil Solis, Frieze with architectural ornament showing heads of a woman and a lion; at each side, foliage with grotesques. White on dark background. Initials V-S, 16th century
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Philipe Galle, Clossus Solis, 16th - 17th century
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Virgil Williams, Peasant, circa 1860
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Lucas van Leyden, Virgil in the Basket, 1525
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Alexandre Calame, Tomb of Virgil at Pansilope, Naples, 1851
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Eclogues: Alexis, 1652
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Eclogues: Daphnis, 1653
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Anead, 17th century
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Ipolito Salazar, Dante Y Virgilio(Dante and Virgil), 19th century
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Wenceslas Hollar, Cover to Virgil"s Anead, 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Georgics: Rural occupations, 1653
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Georgics: The Plow, 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Eclogues: Meliboeus, 17th century
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C.S. Newell, Relief portrait of Virgil Williams, circa 1886
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Virgil Williams, Knight"s Valley from the Slopes of Mount St. Helena, 1873
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Lucas van Leyden, The Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket, 1525
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Georgics: Setting out the hives, 17th century
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Wenceslas Hollar, Illustration to Virgil"s Georgics: Aristaeus seizing Proteus, 1653

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Further Artwork and Information:

artnet.com: Resource Library: Solis: (1) Virgil Solis
Virgil Solis (Getty Museum)
Virgil Solis (1514 - 1562) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Virgil SOLIS - Les neuf Muses
Virgil Solis
Virgil Solis / Sigmund Feyerabend (Frankfurt, 1563)
Grove Art Online
Ovid Illustrated: the Renaissance Reception of Ovid--University of Virginia Electronic Text Center
Design for a Bookplate or a Glass Etching (Getty Museum)
Solis - Das grosse Kunstlexikon von P.W. Hartmann

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