Vase with the Veneration of a Bull

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

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

Depiction of a vase with two handles. The vase is caracterized by a frieze with a scene showing various figures kneeling before and adoring 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.

Artist

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

Date

17th century (late)

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011