ECL-Bn.11:46-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:46-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Trefoil 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, which stands on a flaring foot, is plain except for two horizontal lines round the shoulder and fluting on the lip.
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1531 engraved below the Jug
AV engraved in a cartouche below the Jug
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1531 engraved below the Jug
AV engraved in a cartouche below the Jug
Content (object)
jug
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 244mm
width (actual size): 179mm
width (actual size): 179mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Veneziano, Agostino, 1490 - 1536 (Engraver)
Date
1531