ECL-Bn.11:49-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:49-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Amphora
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 tall amphora stands on a low wide foot. Its body is divided into three zones, the bottom one filled with convex flutings, the top one decorated with marble-like markings. In the middle zone two lions stand in a scroll of leafy branches and flank a ring, which is surmounted by a pyramidal 'stone' (see Bn. 11 no.29) the handles rise from satyr masks set on the top zone; they begin as animal feet and their upper parts are masked with acanthus leaves. The nobbed lid has leafy decoration.
Beneath the amphora: SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT. 1531
AV in cartouche below the amphora
Beneath the amphora: SIC ROMAE ANTIQUI SCULPTORES EX AERE ET MARMORE FACIEBANT. 1531
AV in cartouche below the amphora
Content (object)
amphora
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 269mm
width (actual size): 186mm
width (actual size): 186mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Veneziano, Agostino, 1490 - 1536 (Engraver)
Date
1531