Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Large vase with two snake handles that terminate at lion head pulls. The vase has draped around its neck a chain with a medallion. On the medallion is a man with a toga and a stick with a snake winding around it; at left of the man are the initials AESCV. The vase is decorated with flowers and acanthus leaf ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a tall, draped column, with grotesque ornamentation at the base. To the left of the column is a smaller fountain designed like an antique tomb. To the right of the column is a small sepulcher with SPQT carved on it; the sepulcher is placed on a fragment (the capital) of a Corinthian column. Although the printed descriptions provide locations for Parent's study of antiquities, the compositional arrangement is imagined. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
- Print Maker
- Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
- Publisher
- Chez Mondhare et Jean, 1784 – 1793
- Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
- Pierre Jean, French, 1754–1829
- Date
- 1789-1792
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 43.7 x 29.5 cm (17 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
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