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Vases

Etching
1548-49 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet (I) (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Orléans (Printed)

Etching on paper


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
TitleVases
Materials and techniques
Printer's ink, paper, etching
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Design for a covered cup, etching, French, mid 16th century.
Physical description
Etching on paper
Dimensions
    Styles
    Late Renaissance
    Mannerist
    Object history
    From a suite of 49 plates, designs for ewers, urns, amphoras and vases, known as 'Vases'.
    Bibliographic references
    • Geymüller, H. von Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1887), p. 321 and pl. 67.
    • Guillaume, J., P. Fuhring and V. Auclair [et al.] Jacques Androuet du Cerceau : 'un des plus grands architectes qui soient jamais trouvés en France' Paris. c. 2010, p. 309.
    • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1910, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1911
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    E.5212-1910

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
    https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O780809/vases-etching-du-cerceau-jacques/
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