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Print

c. 1505-07 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Da Brescia, Giovanni Antonio (Engraver)
Birago, Giovanni Pietro Da (Designer)
Place of origin
Italy (Made)

Ornamental panel with a triton and two infant satyrs.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Giovanni Pietro da Birago and Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, plate 4 from set of 12 ornamental panels. Italian, c. 1505-7.
Physical description
Ornamental panel with a triton and two infant satyrs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53.4cm
  • Width: 9.1cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in monogram .Z.A.
Object history
See extensive note in Miller (1999) pp. 69-70.
Production
B. XIII, 24.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XIII, 21-32 as Zoan Andrea.
  • Jessen, P., Meister des Ornamentstiches, eine Auswahl aus vier Jahrhunderten, vol. 1, Gotik und Renaissance, Berlin, 1924, 26-9.
  • Hind, A.M., Early Italian Engraving, 7 vols, London, 1938-48, V, no. 10 (1-12) as Master of the Sforza Book of Hours.
  • Berlin, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, 522.
  • Berliner, R. and Egger, G., Ornamentale Vorlageblätter des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, 3 vols, Munich, 1981, 184-7.
  • Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art, Exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Art, Washington (J.A. Levenson, K. Oberhuber, J.L. Sheehan), 1973, 102-13.
  • Ornament and Architecture: Renaissance Drawings, Prints and Books, Exhibition Catalogue, Brown University, Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 1980, 48a, b & c.
  • Byrne, J.S., Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, 1981, 76-87.
  • Jean-Richard, P., Ornemanistes du XVe au XVIIe siècles gravures et dessins : XIVe exposition de la Collection Edmond de Rothschild, Exhibition catalogue, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1987, 137-8.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, 's-Gravenhage, 1988, 585.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 69 (cat.20).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22701:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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