ECL-Bn.11:45-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:45-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Lidded vase
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 vase has a bowl-like body on a low foot, a very angular shoulder and a low neck. The lid has a high knob. The bowl is divided into three zones. At the bottom are convex flutings, alternately wide and narrow, the middle band is plain and in the top band is a rounded 'meander' pattern (i.e. without angles). Two double handles are set in these upper two bands; they are plain but end in ivy leaves.
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1531 engraved below the Vase
AV engraved in a cartouche below the Vase
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1531 engraved below the Vase
AV engraved in a cartouche below the Vase
Content (object)
vase with lid
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 243mm
width (actual size): 178mm
width (actual size): 178mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Veneziano, Agostino, 1490 - 1536 (Engraver)
Date
1531