Sujet

Lamp in the form of Sphinx-like Sea Creature, c1510-1530, (1881). Creator: W. W. McCarty.

Légende

Lamp in the form of Sphinx-like Sea Creature, c1510-1530, (1881). Etching of a bronze lamp (or inkstand?), made in the workshop of Severo da Ravenna, Italy, early 16th century. The piece is in the form of a siren or 'grotesque fish-tailed female form', mounted on a tripod base. 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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F37_009

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,9Mo (1,5Mo) / 28,7cm x 54,0cm / 3390 x 6383 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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