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1568 (Made)
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Strapwork cartouche with two putti, two lions' masks and, in the central oval, a burning funeral pyre and an urn.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Bartolomeo da Brescia, plate 12 from a set of 16, each used as the frontispiece to a chapter of Rime de Gli Academici occulti con de loro imprese et discorsi, printed by Vincenzo Sabbio, Italian, Brescia, 1568.
Physical description
Strapwork cartouche with two putti, two lions' masks and, in the central oval, a burning funeral pyre and an urn.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.3cm
  • Width: 12.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in monogram S.B.B.
  • Lettered DEL SEPOLTO. and MORTALE REPVRGAT
  • Lettered in letterpress V.
Object history
The museum holds 11 of the 16 plates.

From Miller (1999), p. 117.
A copy of the book is in the British Library (82.g.23). The plates are numbered here according to the order of the chapters that they illustrate. Each plate includes the armorial bearings of the author of the related chapter.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-188, p. 294, no. 44.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 117 (cat. 37).
Collection
Accession number
E.1082-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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