inuallyborrows from Marc-Antonio, Ducerceau, and many others.Yet he is no mere copyist, and when occasion offers he isfull of originality and invention. His work with the burinis thin and meagre, but his etchings show delicacy andcharm. Of the hundred prints, almost always small insize, that bear… … Fig. 60. Virgil Solis : Allegorical figure of Truth. JOST AMMAN Some contemporary verses describe him, along with otherartists, in doggerel lines : As Virgil Solis am I named ;My art throughout the world is famed.By my hands assisting aidMany a craftsman has been made,Father of artists me they…
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