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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8951
People
Agostino Veneziano, Italian (Venice c. 1490 - after 1536 Rome)
Title
Vase with Snake Handles
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1530
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276819

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 20.2 x 17 cm (7 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: AV
  • inscription: lower left, printer's ink, engraving, Latin: description of subject: SIC ROMA ANTIQVI SCVLPTORES EX AERE / ET MARMORE FACIEBANT
  • inscription: yes, lower right, printer's ink, engraved, signed, in artist's hand: date and monogram: 1530 / A•V [in tablet]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Prouté, Paris], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1976

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 544

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8951
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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