Vase with Two Winged Figures Draping a Term
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (19.1 x 11.3 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.952(11)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite engraving, *Vase with Two Wing Figures Draping a*, captures the fanciful spirit of late 17th-century ornamental. Measuring a compact 7 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches (19.1 x .3 cm), it depicts an elaborate vase adorned with ethereal winged figures gracefully draping a classical term—a sculpted pillar topped with a bust, blending human and mythical forms in a Mannerist style. Produced as a print in the Prints department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it reflects the era's fascination with Renaissance grotesques revived for Baroque audiences. The artwork draws from a collaborative linea...
About the Artist
Frederick de Wit|René Boyvin|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Rosso Fiorentino|Claes Jansz. Visscher (Netherlandish|Dutch) · 1571 |1629 –1656 |1706
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571–1656 Rotterdam|Dutch, 1629/30–1706