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Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian
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Depiction of an urn characterized by handles shaped like a pair of snakes and a frieze with dancing figures. Third plate from a series of twelve vases after the antique, engraved by Antonio Veneziano dated 1530-1531. The prints were later published again by Antonio Salamanca.
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Title: Urn, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
Series/Portfolio: Series of Vases after the Antique
Artist:
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490–after 1536 Rome)
Date: 1530
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 8 11/16 × 6 15/16 in. (22.1 × 17.7 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number: 26.50.1(37)
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