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1520-27 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'La Cassolette'; Two women supporting a richly-chased casket; Print on paper.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
A censer. Two caryatids help to support a censer that rests partly on a truncated column.
Physical description
'La Cassolette'; Two women supporting a richly-chased casket; Print on paper.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 31cm
  • Cut to width: 16.8cm
Styles
Object history
'The original plate but retouched was in existence some short time ago and impressions taken from it were published in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. xv., p. 268, where it is stated that M. Emile Galichon was the "lucky possessor."'
From: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
  • Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 215 (cat. 61).
Collection
Accession number
E.4660-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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