ECL-Bn.11:12-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:12-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Amphora
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The volume Bn 11, entitled Vase antiche, is devoted entirely to vases, some antique, but mostly fanciful products after the antique. A large number of the engravings have the initials AE. V and the representation of fanciful vases fall into three groups, distinguished by the inscriptions (a) sic Romae antiqui sculptores ex aere et marmore faciebant,
(b) ex Romanis antiquitatibus,
(c) Romae ab antiquo repertum
(b) ex Romanis antiquitatibus,
(c) Romae ab antiquo repertum
Description
Content (description)
The amphora stands on a high foot, which is decorated with leaves. The sides of the body are concave and this surface has a figure scene in relief: a winged putto urinates into a squat urn while a great snake coils round the amphora and threatens him with gaping jaws. The bottom of the body has a floral scroll emerging from a mask of an old man with cockleshell jaw and leafy hair. On the shoulder is a band of wave pattern beneath convex fluting. The amphora has a narrow neck and flaring lip. The handles join the lip in great volutes and are attached to the figured frieze, where they end in ivy leaves.
Beneath amphora: EX ROMANIS ANTIQUITATIBUS MDXXXXII
Beneath amphora: EX ROMANIS ANTIQUITATIBUS MDXXXXII
Content (object)
amphora
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 281mm
width (actual size): 210mm
width (actual size): 210mm
Inscription
In faint ink on the back of the engraving: No. 158 and also indecipherable pencil numbers
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
1542