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print
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ornament print
Object Type
print
ornament print
Museum number
Nn,7.16.9
Title
Series:
Candlesticks
Description
Plate 4: candlestick decorated with mascarons and, below, a figurative scene representing a youth and a bacchante playing music. 1552 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
Formerly attributed to:
Enea Vico
(believed to be copies after)
School/style
Italian
Production date
1552
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
245 millimetres
Width:
175 millimetres
Curator's comments
Formerly believed to be a copy after Enea Vico. For comment, see Nn,7.16.6
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XV.368.494)
(as copy after Vico)
Berlin 1939 / Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin
(1126)
(under Vico)
Guilmard 1880/1 / Les Maitres Ornemanistes: Écoles Française, Italienne, Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande et Hollandaise)
(289.24)
(under Vico)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
metalwork
lamp/candle
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Dr Charles Sloman
Purchased through:
Wheatley's
(20.vi.1835, bt Ottley)
Acquisition date
1835
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Nn,7.16.9
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1835,0711.17