Title

Bronze lamp, c1500-1550, (1881). Creators: Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, J Emms.

Caption

Bronze lamp, c1500-1550, (1881). Etching of an oil lamp made in the workshop of Severo da Ravenna, in Padua or Ravenna in Italy, in the first half of the 16th century. The oil was contained in the satyr's head, whose mouth forms the burner; a hinged cover to the oil hole is on the crown. The stand is in the form of an eagle's claw. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_021

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,1Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,2in x 19,1in / 3660 x 5739 (300dpi)

Keywords

unusual Italy Italian arts country bronze book museum talons lighting lamp Renaissance location century literature artefact concept mythology artifact talon claw claws oil lamp 19th century B W Victoria and Albert Museum 16th century nineteenth century Satyr sixteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art South Kensington Museum etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Severo di Domenico Calzetta Ravenna Severo da Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna Ravenna Severo Calzetta da Severo da Ravenna of Padua Severo da Ravenna Calzetta Severo Severo Calzetta J Emms Emms J Emms J. J. Emms