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Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float
This is a Drawing. It was created by Giulio Romano. It is dated 1533 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
As artist impresario for the ducal court at Mantua, Giulio Romano's design projects ranged from architecture and stage sets to metalwork and fresco programs. Although twentieth century scholars have variously identified this drawing as a design for a saltcellar, a dynastic cradle, or a festival float, the designer's intention remains intriguingly unclear. (Treasures from the Collection, 2003)
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled An Ornate Boat with a Mysterious Purpose.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Trifoglio Vase
- pvc plastic.
- 1991-108-11
- Scenic - Panel, Garden Court
- screen-printed, rag paper.
- Gift of John Elmo.
- 1980-70-1
- Dado (France)
- block-printed on handmade paper.
- Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkins.
- 1953-213-1-a,b
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- block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1913-17-13-a,b
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- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper hinged to....
- Gift of Hugh Cassel.
- 1958-143-14
- Drawing, Design for a Saltcellar
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-35-b
Its dimensions are
35.2 x 30.1 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: anchor in ovoid, topped by a five-lobed leaf over 3C (RB '45).
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, verso: Les Dessins taient coll s emplein sur un carton, on les a d colles / en conservant l'entourage de Mariette
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float; Giulio Romano (Italian, 1499–1546); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper; 35.2 x 30.1 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) ; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-169
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
