Skip to main content

Vase with Mermaids and Centaurs: P.1694-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Vase with Mermaids and Centaurs
Antique Vases on Pedestals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II
Printmaker: Alberti, Cherubino (After)
Designer: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Polidoro Caldara) (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1605

Note

I/II. Reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 235 mm Width 158 mm
Sheet Height 238 mm Width 162 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: POLYDORVS - DE CARAVAGIO IN
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 4
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: ROMAE
  • Location: Image lower centre, on pedestal
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: CVM PRIVIL / S. C. Mtis.
  • Location: Image lower centre, on left edge of pedestal
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Double-headed eagle with crown (?) [cut]
  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1694-1991
Primary reference Number: 83248
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 380 I/II
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Vase with Mermaids and Centaurs" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/83248 Accessed: 2024-03-29 05:22:42

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/83248 |title=Vase with Mermaids and Centaurs |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 05:22:42|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-83248

More objects and works of art you might like

Double Tea Caddy

Accession Number: C.1240-1928

Vase

Accession Number: OC.100-1946

Vase

Accession Number: C.89-1934

Vase

Accession Number: EC.4C-1939

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...