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)
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