Antique vase with a handle in the shape of an eagle's talons, female torsoes on the shoulder of the vase, and a crab flanked by horned masks on the body, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II

Details

• Title

  Antique vase with a handle in the shape of an eagle's talons, female torsoes on the shoulder of the vase, and a crab flanked by horned masks on the body, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II

• Artist/maker

  Anonymous Italian (printer)

  after Enea Vico (1523 - 1567) (printmaker)

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Lazio › Metropolitan City of Rome Capital › Rome (place of publication)

• Date

  1543

• Material and technique

  engraving on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print › ornament print;

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  sheet 24.5 x 18.4 cm (height x width)
  plate 24.5 x 18 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1915.85.66

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