ECL-Bn.11:52-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.11:52-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Krater with snake handles and Bacchic thiasos
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
As Bn. 11. no. 10 in reverse
(b) ex Romanis antiquitatibus,
(c) Romae ab antiquo repertum
As Bn. 11. no. 10 in reverse
Description
Content (description)
The krater stands on a low foot. Convex flutes rise from the base around its belly and above them runs a frieze, which seems to show a Bacchic revel. Two females are shown, and a bearded male in a tunic offering a jug to a putto. Above the frieze is a band of cable and on the shoulder there are convex flutes. Ivy tendrils intertwine on the neck. On the shoulder two pairs of swan-headed snakes contort themselves, resting their heads on the lip and raising their tails, and so form the handles.
Beneath the krater: 1530 AV in a cartouche
Beneath the krater: 1530 AV in a cartouche
Content (object)
vase
Content (note)
See Bn. 11. 10: same object in reverse
Dimensions
height (actual size): 199mm
width (actual size): 171mm
width (actual size): 171mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Veneziano, Agostino, 1490 - 1536 (Engraver)
Date
1530