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Kan met een oor gevormd door het bovenlichaam van een naakte vrouw

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Kan met een oor gevormd door het bovenlichaam van een naakte vrouw

Aegidius Sadeler

1580
paper
height 237 mm x width 158 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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.

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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

Holding Institution

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Medium

paper

Dimensions

height 237 mm x width 158 mm

GenreAI

decorative

Digital Source

Source

Rijksmuseum · CC0 1.0

Original Resolution

3840 × 5589 px

Harvested

March 25, 2026

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