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Print, Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

This is a Print. It was print maker: Agostino Veneziano and published by Antonio Salamanca. It is dated ca. 1530–1535 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


Veneziano was a prolific engraver, producing prints after designs by other artists. Here, slender scrolling vines and tendrils materialize from the mouth of a grotesque head and terminate in flowers from which animals illogically emerge. These designs are copied directly from Raphael and Giovanni da Udine. The delicate spirals form a gravitydefying framework for an antique vase, two satyrs, and other decorative elements.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

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Its dimensions are

20.2 × 14.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

It is signed

With monogram 'AV' at the bottom in tiny letters.

Cite this object as

Print, Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels; Published by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, ca. 1500 - 1562); Print Maker: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, ca. 1490 - after 1536); Italy; engraving on laid paper; 20.2 × 14.4 cm (7 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1946-3-1

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