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Engraving

c. 1589-95 (Engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Agostino Carracci, headpiece in the form of a fan decorated with a head of Diana and a landscape, with a satyr spying on two nymphs bathing in a stream. At the bottom right, three other subjects in ovals, a bust of Minerva, Minerva and Neptune and the Three Graces, Italian, c. 1589-95.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 35.6cm
  • Cut to width: 24.9cm
Style
Bibliographic reference
Miller, E., 16th-century Italian ornament prints in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1999, p. 204 (cat. 58).
Collection
Accession number
30000C

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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