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Definition of Silverpoint
1. Noun. A drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries).
Definition of Silverpoint
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silverpoint
Literary usage of Silverpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nuremberg and Its Art to the End of the 18th Century by Paul Johannes Rée (1905)
"... to whom our next chapter is almost entirely devoted. Fig. 63. Durer's portrait
of himself in 1484. silverpoint drawing, in the Albertina, Vienna. ..."
2. Etching, Engraving and the Other Methods of Printing Pictures by Hans Wolfgang Singer, William Strang (1897)
"... had done heretofore was pen- and silverpoint-drawing; and, as is quite natural,
we see them use the graver at first as if it were a pen or silverpoint. ..."
3. Records of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries by Albrecht Dürer (1913)
"Early on Tuesday we departed, but before that, I did Jan Prevost's portrait in
silverpoint, and gave his wife 10 stivers at parting. ..."
4. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"silverpoint Motor Inn is a basic airport motel, but is clean, well-kept and serves
a good hot breakfast to order, ..."
5. The American Historical Magazine by Publishing Society of New York, Americana Society (1908)
"While in recent years the art of drawing with silverpoint has fallen ...
The particular attractiveness and value of these silverpoint drawings ..."
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