Vase with a Mask, Garlands and Two Crabs

Claes Jansz. Visscher|René Boyvin|Frederick de Wit|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Rosso Fiorentino

17th century (late) · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Depiction of a vase or ewer. The vase is caracterized by a frieze decorated with a mask from which two garlands spring forth. On either side of the mask a crab has been placed. 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.

Artist

Claes Jansz. Visscher|René Boyvin|Frederick de Wit|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Rosso Fiorentino

Date

17th century (late)

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011