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About This Work
This ornamental print displays a highly decorative vessel designed in the antique style, with a handle formed by a female figure and a spout shaped like a creature's head. The central section features a detailed relief of several nude figures engaged in a ritual or gathering around a small altar. The base is intricately carved with grotesque masks and foliate patterns, typical of the sophisticated metalwork designs of the late Renaissance.
This print belongs to a series that disseminated the 'all'antica' style of Polidoro da Caravaggio, which was highly influential in the Rudolfine court at Prague. Such elaborate designs were intended for 'Kunstkammern' or cabinets of wonders, where the transformation of natural forms into art served as a focal point for natural philosophical inquiry into the relationship between art and nature.
Inscriptions
POLYDORVS DE CARAVAGIO. IN. ROMAE CVM PRIVIL S C Mtis 6
Translation
POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO. IN(VENTOR). ROME WITH PRIVILEGE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY 6
Connected Texts
Polidoro da Caravaggio
The original Renaissance artist whose vase designs were engraved and popularized by Aegidius Sadeler.
Provenance & Source
Object
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
paper
height 237 mm x width 158 mm
decorative
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