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Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs

17th century (late)
Not on view
Depiction of a vase or ewer on a hatched ground. The vase is caracterized by a frieze filled with mermaids, mermen and sea centaurs. The print is part of a series of 12 vases said to be designed by Rosso Fiorentino and Polidoro da Caravaggio and initially engraved and published by René Boyvin. The current series was first published by Claes Jansz. Visscher in the early seventeenth century and subsequently also by Frederik de Wit.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs
  • Artist and publisher: Originally by René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
  • Designer: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
  • Publisher: Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30–1706) ?
  • Publisher: Previously by Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 17th century (late)
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (19 x 11.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.952(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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