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Print

mid-16th century (Made)
Artist/Maker
Vico, Enea (Engraver)
Place of origin
Italy (Made)

An ostrich with a banderole around its neck in an oval cartouche flanked by terminal figures supporting another cartouche.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Paper
Engraving
Intaglio
Brief description
Enea Vico, emblem of the artist, Italian, mid-16th century.
Physical description
An ostrich with a banderole around its neck in an oval cartouche flanked by terminal figures supporting another cartouche.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Cut to height: 11.4cm
  • Cut to width: 7.5cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed AENEAE VIC.I
  • Lettered TENTANDA VIA EST.
Subjects depicted
Ostrich
Cartouche
Masks (Design Elements)
Putti
Satyrs
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XV, 35.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p.43 (cat. 3).
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 135 (cat. 41a).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2466-1912

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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