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Vase (Plate 2 of a Series)
Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
1543
- Medium
- Black ink on paper
- Classification
- Ornaments
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 24.5 × 18 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Vertical rectangle. Covered urn with two handles composed of hair from mascarons. Garlands and swags on the body. Inscribed below: "ROMAE AB ANTIQVO REPERTVM MD XXXXIII" and "A.E.V." on a tablet.
