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Vases after the Antique

Designer Designed and engraved by Enea Vico Italian
1543
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Eleven plates from a series of Vases after the Antique, engraved and published by Enea Vico in 1543. The prints were later published again by Antonio Lafreri in a composite series of antique vases by Vico and similar prints executed by Agostino Veneziano in 1530-31. The current series appears to be a very early edition of the first state of these prints, predating the set illustrated in Miller 1999. The prints were originally part of an album in the collection of Hippolyte Destailleur, which was taken apart at the MMA and integrated into the exisiting collection.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vases after the Antique
  • Designer: Designed and engraved by Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: 1543
  • Medium: Engravings [early edition of first state]
  • Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.50.1(23-34)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Antique Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of a Bird’s Leg, a Torqued Neck and a Crayfish Central in the Decoration of the Body, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
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Antique Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of Two Snakes encircling a Man Holding a Sea Shell by his Mouth to form the Spout, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
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Antique Lidded Vase or Flask with Two Handles emerging from the Heads of Hybrid Female Sphinxes, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
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