Johann Theodor de Bry
Letter A
1595
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 365 x 282 mm. (14 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Plate: 198 x 154 mm. (7 13/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "New Artistic Alphabet (Nova Alphati Effictio)"
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
2002.562.1
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; James A. Bergquist, Boston
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.
Boeckeler, Erika Mary. Playful Letters: A Study in Early Modern Alphabetics. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2017.
Inscribed: lower right in plate: "I.Tb.B.fe."; by later hand, lower left in brown ink: "1"; by later hand, upper right in graphite: "51."
