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Print

1545-50 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Bonasone, Giulio (Engraver)
Da Caravaggio, Polidoro (Designer)
Place of origin
Italy (engraved)

One of two plates each featuring two terms, here Hercules and Deianeira.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Engraved ornament print. One of two plates each featuring two terms: the god Silvanus and a nymphe; and Hercules and Deianeira, after Polidoro da Caravaggio. Italy, 16th century.
Physical description
One of two plates each featuring two terms, here Hercules and Deianeira.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 15.6cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed I. BONASO. F.
  • Inscribed in ink on the front WE 60, and on the back 1834 WE 60
    Translation
    Marks of the collection of W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
Production
B. XV, 166; Massari, 76.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 111 (cat. 35).
  • Massari, S., Giulio Bonasone, 2 vols, Exhibition catalogue, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1983.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22553:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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