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Print

1520-30 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel of grotesque ornament. At the centre a sphinx supports a basket of fruit. At the far sides tendrils of foliage climb up to support hatched Vitruvian scrolls. At the top a female mask.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Anonymous, Plate 4 from set of six panels of grotesque ornament. Italian, 1520-30. Etching.
Physical description
Panel of grotesque ornament. At the centre a sphinx supports a basket of fruit. At the far sides tendrils of foliage climb up to support hatched Vitruvian scrolls. At the top a female mask.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 23.6cm
  • Cut to width: 19.5cm
Style
Production
Berliner, 228.
Bibliographic references
  • Berliner, R. and Egger, G., Ornamentale Vorlageblätter des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, 3 vols, Munich, 1981, 225-9.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 80 (cat. 25).
Collection
Accession number
19028

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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