Design for a large Vase or Ewer representing 'Air', Plate 2 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier'

Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

Printed ca. 1750–56 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Design for a large Vase or Ewer representing 'Air', Plate 2 from: 'Neu inventierte Vasi auf die neueste manier' — Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier

Ornament print with a design for a monumental lidded vase or ewer, decorated with rocaille ornaments and a dragon, surrounded by 3 winged putti and 2 falcons. The design is meant to represent the element of 'Air'. This print is bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.

Artist: Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier
Date: Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014