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Print

second quarter sixteenth century (Made)
Artist/Maker
Veneziano, Agostino (Engraver)
Salamanca, Antonio (Publisher)
Place of origin
Italy (Made)

Ornamental panel showing alternative schemes in the right and left halves. At the bottom, a satyr on the right and a triton on the left, blowing horns. Halfway down on the left a satyr seizing a dog; on the right a cupid pouring water from a pot.

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Ornamental panel with alternative schemes on right and left. Engraving by Agostino Veneziano, 16th century.
Physical description
Ornamental panel showing alternative schemes in the right and left halves. At the bottom, a satyr on the right and a triton on the left, blowing horns. Halfway down on the left a satyr seizing a dog; on the right a cupid pouring water from a pot.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 26.5cm
  • Cut to width: 14.5cm
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in monogram .V.A. Lettered Ant. Sal. exc.
Subjects depicted
Satyr
Dog
Grotesques
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, A., Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-21, vol. XIV, 561.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-188, p.285, no. 16.
  • Jessen, P., Meister des Ornamentstiches, eine Auswahl aus vier Jahrhunderten, vol. 1, Gotik und Renaissance, Berlin, 1924, 36.
  • Berlin, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1939, 526(1).
  • Berliner, R. and Egger, G., Ornamentale Vorlageblätter des 15. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, 3 vols, Munich, 1981, 244.
  • Byrne, J.S., Renaissance Ornament Prints and Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of art, New York, 1981, 61.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, 's-Gravenhage, 1988, 648.
  • Fuhring, P., 'Ornament Prints in Amsterdam' (Review of M. de Jong and I. de Groot, Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw) in Print Quarterly, vol. VI, no. 3, September 1989, pp.322-34, no. 648.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 84 (cat. 27).
  • Pezzini, G. Bernini, Massari, S. and Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, S., Raphael Invenit Stampe da Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell' Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome, 1985.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
16792

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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