Lidded Vase with Lions and Ring Motif, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) Italian

1531

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Lidded vase decorated with a frieze filled with interlinked rings and flowers, interrupted by lion's heads. The body of the vase is further decorated with a garland and lions in high relief. Seventh 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. The same vase is also included in another series of vase designs after the Antique by Enea Vico and Agostino Veneziano, published by Antonio Lafreri around 1573.

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Title: Lidded Vase with Lions and Ring Motif, 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: 1531
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 9 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (24.3 × 17.5 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.50.1(39)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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