ECL-Bn.11:34-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:34-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Jug
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 jug has a trefoil lip and a tall neck, which is decorated with a spiral of leaves. The ovoid body stands on a low foot and is divided into two zones. In the lower zone there are leaves around the base, and over them garlands hanging from horned masks, between which there is a crab. The zones are divided by a band of cable. In the upper zone two long-necked winged females, whose bodies end in coils, lie on the shoulder; their coils twine together. The handle starts as a bird's clawed foot perching on the torso of one of the females, and then changes to a curved band decorated with leaves. At its junction with the lip is a bearded mask.
ROMAE AB ANTIQUO REPERTUM MDXXXXIII engraved below the jug
EV engraved below the jug
ROMAE AB ANTIQUO REPERTUM MDXXXXIII engraved below the jug
EV engraved below the jug
Content (object)
jug
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 246mm
width (actual size): 176mm
width (actual size): 176mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Vico, Enea, 1523 - 1567 (Engraver)
Date
1543