Design for a large Vase representing 'Water', Plate 5 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier'
Ornament print with a design for a monumental vase, decorated with rocaille ornaments and 10 putti on and under the vase, three of which sit on the upper edge under a small umbrella. The vase is meant to represent the element 'Water'. This print is bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a large Vase representing 'Water', Plate 5 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier'
- Engraver: Jacob Gottlieb Thelot (German, Augsburg 1708–1760 Augsburg)
- Artist: After Carl Pier (German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750)
- Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684–1756 Augsburg)
- Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.97.67
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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