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Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of a Dog
Enea Vico (Italian, 1523–1567)
1543
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.9 x 19.5 cm (10 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)(trimmed slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephanie Loeb Stepanek in memory of Tracey Albainy
Accession Number2007.1099
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Two prints by the Italian Renaissance engraver and ornament designer, Enea Vico, were given in memory of Tracey Albainy, the much admired former curator of European decorative arts and sculpture, who passed away in December, 2007. In one engraving, a thirsty dog, who takes the place of a handle, peers into a pitcher. In the other, the pitcher's handle is composed of an eagle's talons, which rest on the chest of a fantastical sea nymph. The whimsical charm of Vico's inventions in the antique style would have delighted the curator. [Also see object number 2008.360]
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 421
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceFrederick Mulder, London; from whom purchased February 23, 1972 by Stephanie Loeb Stepanek; her gift to the MFA December 31, 2007