PrintsSwiss18th-19th century

Vase Decorated with Grotesque Face and Two Triton Cherubs

1805

Artists

Adrian ZinggArtist

Jacques-François-Joseph SalyArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 18.8 × 12.5 cm (7 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet: 21.9 × 14.2 cm (8 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.) mount: 34.2 × 28.3 cm (13 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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