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print
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ornament print
Object Type
print
ornament print
Museum number
1848,1125.97
Title
Series:
Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne
Description
A fountain consisting of a pedestal adorned with a festoon, supporting two dolphins upon which rest the basin, decorated at centre with the statue of a youth sitting on a water-spewing dolphin which he grabs by the tail; on white ground. 1661 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
William Faithorne
(?)
After:
Francesco Fanelli
Published by:
Jacques van Merle
(?)
School/style
British
Italian
Production date
1661
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
205 millimetres
Width:
118 millimetres
Curator's comments
For the title-plate see 2006,U.1093.
Bibliographic references
Fagan 1888 / A Descriptive Catalogue of the engraved works of William Faithorne
(p. 68)
(number 7)
Berlin 1939 / Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin
(3575)
Guilmard 1880/1 / Les Maitres Ornemanistes: Écoles Française, Italienne, Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande et Hollandaise)
(320.42(1))
Fuhring 2004 / Ornament Prints in the Rijksmuseum - the Seventeenth Century
(8092-8100)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
fountain
sculpture
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Beckford
Acquisition date
1848
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1848,1125.97