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Depiction of a vase or ewer. The vase is caracterized by a frieze with a scene showing putti sacrificing a bull. The print is part of a series of 12 vases said to be designed by Rosso Fiorentino and Polidoro da Caravaggio and initially engraved and published by René Boyvin. The current series was first published by Claes Jansz. Visscher in the early seventeenth century and subsequently also by Frederik de Wit.
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Title: Vase with a Sacrificial Scene
Artist and publisher:
Originally by René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
Designer:
Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
Designer:
Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau)
Publisher:
Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30–1706)
Publisher:
Previously published by Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
Date: ca. 1670–90
Medium: Engravings: third state
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/16 x 4 5/16 in. (18.9 x 11 cm) [trimmed]
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number: 51.510.774
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