Engraving
ca. 1573 (published), 1543 (engraved)
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Enea Vico (1523-1567), an engraver, coin collector, author and artist interested in ancient Rome, originally engraved 12 plates of vases and ewers in 1543. Although the lettering on the plates says that they are copied from ancient Roman examples, it may be that Vico also used his imagination in the renderings. After Vico's death in 1567 the copper printing plates for these prints were acquired by Antonio Lafrery (1512-1577), a very successful and print publisher and dealer in Rome. Lafrery reissued the plates in about 1573, adding this image as an extra plate to the beginning, and others at the end of the set for more appeal. These prints, claiming to depict Roman antiquities, would have appealed both to learned local residents and the many visitors who passed through Rome.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
Brief description | Enea Vico and anonymous engravers, ornamental vase, published by Antonio Lafrery, Italian, ca. 1573. |
Physical description | Engraving |
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Production | Reissue of earlier plates by Vico from 1543 and reversed copy of Agostino Veneziano, B XIV, 547 and 546. |
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Summary | Enea Vico (1523-1567), an engraver, coin collector, author and artist interested in ancient Rome, originally engraved 12 plates of vases and ewers in 1543. Although the lettering on the plates says that they are copied from ancient Roman examples, it may be that Vico also used his imagination in the renderings. After Vico's death in 1567 the copper printing plates for these prints were acquired by Antonio Lafrery (1512-1577), a very successful and print publisher and dealer in Rome. Lafrery reissued the plates in about 1573, adding this image as an extra plate to the beginning, and others at the end of the set for more appeal. These prints, claiming to depict Roman antiquities, would have appealed both to learned local residents and the many visitors who passed through Rome. |
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Accession number | E.2012-1899 |
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Record created | December 2, 2003 |
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