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Vase with Cherubs and a Helmet

17th century (late)
Not on view
Depiction of a vase or ewer. The vase is covered by a lid and has one handle, shaped like a hybrid bird-like creature. The body of the vase is decorated with a satyr-like mask from whose ears two garlands spring forth. 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 Cherubs and a Helmet
  • 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. (19.1 x 11.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.952(12)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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