Portrait of the Duke of Northumberland, Vase and Ornamental Frame, no. CCCLXXI, plate 56 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
This ornament design, numbered CCCLXXI, centers on a male portrait within an oval, surrounded by decorative elements, beneath a crown, and over a vase that supports two small smoking incense burners; the whole contained within a frame of fruits and birds. This is one of two prints in the group numbered 56 [the other consists of dedicatory text to the memory of Hugh Percy Duke of Northumberland, patron of the arts]. The portrait is engraved by Ignatius Joseph Van den Berghe, after Pierre Violet. The print comes from a group that Pergolesi made and published serially in London between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, then with Arabic numbers). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of the Duke of Northumberland, Vase and Ornamental Frame, no. CCCLXXI, plate 56 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"
- Series/Portfolio: Designs for Various Ornaments
- Artist and publisher: Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801)
- Sitter: Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (British, 1714–1786)
- Engraver: Pierre Nöel Violet (French, 1749–1819)
- Artist: After Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe (Flemish, Antwerp 1752–1824 Paris)
- Date: July 26, 1792
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 17 11/16 × 11 5/16 in. (45 × 28.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/16 x 14 3/4 in. (53.8 x 37.5 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
- Object Number: 2018.839.40
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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