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A ewer decorated with scrolling foliage

Print
ca. 1650 (etching (printing process))
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A print depicting a ewer decorated with scrolling foliage, a sphinx, an eagle's head and female demi-figures.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA ewer decorated with scrolling foliage
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Brief description
Monnogrammist CLANF
Ornament print
La Sirène, Paris, 1990, no 982
Physical description
A print depicting a ewer decorated with scrolling foliage, a sphinx, an eagle's head and female demi-figures.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.4cm
  • Cut to width: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
CANF (1) Makers's mark 2) Signature; Italian?; Capitals; etching (printing process); printing ink)
Production
Nagler catalogues the work of this printmaker under the monogram CANF, although in the La Sirène catalogue, see bibliographic references, the monogram is read as CLANF.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Berlin Staatliche Museen: Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlungen, Berlin & Leipzig, 1936-39, 1138
  • G.K.Nagler Die Monogammisten, Munich 1859-79 no.2238
Collection
Accession number
E.632-1991

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Record createdMarch 9, 1999
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