ECL-Bn.11:47-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:47-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Krater
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)
On a high foot, which has a knob in its stem, stands the krater with convex fluting round its belly, alternately wide and narrow. The concave neck is plain, the lip flaring and fluted. Nude putti set beneath the lip seem to support it. Double handles rise from the belly, where they end as ivy leaves, and, rising above the lip, form coils which rest upon it.
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1530 engraved below the krater
AV engraved in a cartouche below the krater
SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT 1530 engraved below the krater
AV engraved in a cartouche below the krater
Content (object)
krater
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 211mm
width (actual size): 175mm
width (actual size): 175mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Veneziano, Agostino, 1490 - 1536 (Engraver)
Date
1530