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Album of Sixteenth-Century Prints most with Mythological Subjects or Objects and Architecture after the Antique

17th century
Not on view
Group of prints purchased as an album in 1926, but taken apart by the Museum in 1934. The album appears to have been compiled in the 17th century, although the majority of prints date from the 16th century. The larger part of the prints is focused on mythological subjects and objects and architecture from Antiquity. The album was part of the collection of the architect Hippolyte Destailleur and was sold in the sale of his books and prints in 1895. The Museum acquired the album at G. Rapilly & Fils in 1926. Where the album had been kept in the mean time is unclear and several prints were taken out in this period. The museum's numbering does not reflect the order of the original album, but Destailleur's numbering system is retained on the inidividual sheets, allowing for the reconstruction of its original content.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Album of Sixteenth-Century Prints most with Mythological Subjects or Objects and Architecture after the Antique
  • Artist: Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490–after 1536 Rome)
  • Artist: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
  • Artist: Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)
  • Artist: Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop (Italian, 1530–1540)
  • Artist: Master PS (Italian or French, active 1530s)
  • Artist: Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576)
  • Artist: Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
  • Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)
  • Artist: Adamo (Ghisi) Scultori (Italian, Mantua ca. 1530–1587 Rome)
  • Artist: Monogrammist G I (German, 16th century)
  • Artist: René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
  • Artist: Bernardino Capitelli (Italian, Siena 1590–1639)
  • Artist: Diana Scultori (Italian, Mantua ca. 1535?–after 1588 Rome)
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Mercati (Borgo San Sepolcro, near Arezzo. ca. 1600–after 1641 Rome (?))
  • Date: 17th century
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Classifications: Albums, Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.50.1(1–168)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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The sacrifice of a ram held by a naked man at right, hooded priest at left with a young attendant
Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century
ca. 1515–1600
Eros Escaping by Sea; Cupid using his bow to propel a boat made from his quiver with an arrow as the mast and his blindfold as the sail, a banderole above
Marco Dente (Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome)
ca. 1515–27
Two Caryatids
Master PS (Italian or French, active 1530s)
1538
Two Terms
Master PS (Italian or French, active 1530s)
1535
Krater, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, Venice ca. 1490–after 1536 Rome)
1530

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