ECL-Bn.11:40-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:40-2013
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 body of the jug, which stands on a low flared foot, is divided into three zones. At the bottom cockleshells are set above fluting; next, swags of drapery hang between rams' heads and boukrania; at the top tridents flank a pair of dolphins with tails entwined over a cockleshell. The high neck is decorated with leaves. The handle is formed by a triton with leafy coils, who rests on the shoulder facing outwards and stretches back his snaky arms to the lip.
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): 244mm
width (actual size): 181mm
width (actual size): 181mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Vico, Enea, 1523 - 1567 (Engraver)
Date
1543