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Vase (Plate 12 of a Series)
Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
1543
- Medium
- Black ink on paper
- Classification
- Ornaments
- Dimensions
- H x W: 39.1 × 26 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/4 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. An ewer, whose handle is composed of an animal foot joining a grotesque head with twisted neck holding a dish in its mouth. On the body, two figures pay homage to a herm. Inscribed below: "ROMAE AB ANTIQVO REPERTVM MD XXXXIII" and "A.E.V." on a tablet.
