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Print

1532-1553 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 1. Panel of ornament. Two seated cupids seen from the back. Above them, two winged lions with fish tails. at the mid-height, cupids astride scrolling foliage, flanking a vase with, on its lid, two men each with a dolphin at his feet.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Master of the Die after Perino del Vaga, Reissued plates (3) from a set of six panels of ornament. Italian, Rome, 1532-53.
Physical description
Plate 1. Panel of ornament. Two seated cupids seen from the back. Above them, two winged lions with fish tails. at the mid-height, cupids astride scrolling foliage, flanking a vase with, on its lid, two men each with a dolphin at his feet.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 20.4cm
  • Cut to width: 14cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered Ant. sal.
Production
Reissue
Associated object
16748 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • Miller, Elizabeth. 16th century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 1999. pp.85-87, cat 28b, plate 3, with reference to other literature.
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XV, 80-85.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 287, no. 18.
  • Berlin, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, 530.
  • Ornament and Architecture: Renaissance Drawings, Prints and Books, Exhibition Catalogue, Brown University, Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 1980, 60.
  • Byrne, J.S., Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, 1981, 45.
  • González de Zárate, J.M., Real Colección de Estampas de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 10 vols, Vitoria-Gastiez, 1992-5, vol. VII, 33 (2986).
Collection
Accession number
17428

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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