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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.56.14
People
Unidentified Artist
After Enea Vico, Italian (1523 - 1567)
After Tommaso Barlacchi, Italian (active c. 1540 - 1550)
Published by Antoine Lafréry, French (Orgelet, France 1512 - 1577 Rome, Italy)
Title
Two Arch-topped Grotesques, the Left with Satyrs Lighting Lamps, the Right with Figures Climbing Stairs
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Grotesques in Ancient Roman Style
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
after 1544
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349821

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 19.2 x 29.9 cm (7 9/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved, lower edge, centered between the two panels of grotesques: 14
  • inscription: inscribed, graphite, lower edge: copy B482
  • watermark: armorial of a tripartite flowering branch, above a six-pointed star. See Miller Watermark Appendix p. 274, cat. 5, pls. 1 and 2.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Edition
2nd, c. 1573
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch XV 482 and 480, Miller 33d

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.56.14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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