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Vase with a handle and spout formed by a triton entwined with snakes: AD.1.18-80

Current Location: In storage

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Vase with a handle and spout formed by a triton entwined with snakes
Antique Vases

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vico, Enea

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

16th Century
Production date: circa AD 1543

Note

Plate 5

School or Style

Italian

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ROMAE AN ANTIQVO REPERTVM M.D.XXXXIII
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.1.18-80
Primary reference Number: 127992
Bartsch: 423
Illustrated Bartsch: 423 (351)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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