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Print

1530 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Veneziano, Agostino (Engraver)
Salamanca, Antonio (Publisher)
Place of origin
Rome (Published)

Frieze with Eros and a siren.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Ink
Engraving
Intaglio
Brief description
Agostino Veneziano and Antonio Salamanca, ornamental frieze with Eros and a siren. Italian, Rome, 1530.
Physical description
Frieze with Eros and a siren.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 10.4cm
  • Cut to width: 24.9cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in monogram A.V. and dated 1530
  • Lettered Ant. Sal. exc.
Subjects depicted
Sirens (Mythological Creatures)
Foliate Scrolls
Eagle
Eros
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XIV, 539.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.285, no 16.
  • Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, 526 (2).
  • Berliner, R. and Egger, G., Ornamentale Vorlageblätter des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, 3 vols, Munich, 1981, 246.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, 's-Gravenhage, 1988, 643.
  • Fuhring, P., 'Ornament Prints in Amsterdam' (Review of M. de Jong and I. de Groot, Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw) in Print Quarterly, vol. VI, no. 3, September 1989, pp.322-34, no. 643.
  • González de Zárate, J.M., Real Colección de Estampas de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 10 vols, Vitoria-Gastiez, 1992-5, vol. VIII, 49. (3212).
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 58 (cat. 10).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
16743

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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