M26624.32: Two Grotesques: the Left with a Central Head, a Bull Above, the Right with an Ithyphallic Triton above a Tablet

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26624.32

People

Agostino Veneziano, Italian (Venice c. 1490 - after 1536 Rome)
After Raphael, Italian (Urbino, Italy 1483 - 1520 Rome, Italy)

Title

Two Grotesques: the Left with a Central Head, a Bull Above, the Right with an Ithyphallic Triton above a Tablet

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Selection of 16th century prints: ornament prints published by Antonio Salamanca

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1520

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/18085

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Two engravings joined as one folio

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 24.2 x 18.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Ant. Sal. exc.
• inscription: left print, in plate, l.r., lettered: Ant.[onio] Sal.[amanca] exc.
• inscription: right print, in plate, center left, signed: .V.A.
• inscription: right print, in plate, bottom, lettered: Ant.[onio] Sal.[amanca] exc. (shift of writing from margin to tablet within the design indicates second state)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii (right print)

Standard Reference Number

Bartsch XIV.559/561; V. & A. 23, 27

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Welch in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn and Craigen Bowen

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26624.32

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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• M26624.1-205

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  Selection of 16th century prints

  Prints

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