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Vase with a Monster and Winged Females: P.1697-1991

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Titles

Vase with a Monster and Winged Females
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 159 mm
Sheet Height 241 mm Width 164 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: 8
  • 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.1697-1991
Primary reference Number: 83253
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 384 I/II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019

Associated departments & institutions

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

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