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Print, Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"
This is a Print. It was print maker: Nicoletto da Modena and published by Antonio Salamanca. It is dated ca. 1507 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is engraving on off white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
In 1507, Nicoletto da Modena visited Nero’s Domus Aurea and inscribed his name on the wall. He then produced some of earliest identified engravings of grotesque designs. This series of four prints reflects the inspiration of his pilgrimage to the ancient ruin, as well as the work of fellow Renaissance artists. Nicoletto’s imagined beasts are distinctive. In the print on the lower left, the tails of spotted reptilian creatures emerge from the buds of flowers, whose stems coil into acanthus leaves that form the hair of a grotesque he ad. In the print on the lower right beasts with lion and human heads have body parts reminiscent of rams and horses, and bird-like claws. The monstrous creatures form the framework of a larger story that touches on themes of war, slavery, and peace, and may even be read as a history of the Roman Empire.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Print, Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-1
- Print, Ornament Panel with Bird Cage
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-3
- Drawing, Study for Candelabrum Motif and Strapwork Escutcheon
- pen and brown ink, black chalk, brush and violet watercolor on off-white laid....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-2923
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1946-3-1
- Print, Ornamental Panel Surmounted by an Eagle and the Motto NATOS ET NOSTRA...
- etching with engraving on laid paper.
- Purchase in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-12-5
- Drawing, Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques
- pen and brown ink on paper, lined.
- Museum purchase through gift of Walter Leo Hildburgh.
- 1956-41-1
Its dimensions are
H x W: 26.5 × 13 cm (10 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
It is inscribed
lower center: NO; VICTORIA and AUGUSTA on tablets upper left and right; Ant. Sa.exc
Cite this object as
Print, Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"; Published by Antonio Salamanca (Italian, ca. 1500 - 1562); Print Maker: Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, active 1500 – 1522); Italy; engraving on off white laid paper; H x W: 26.5 × 13 cm (10 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1946-29-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
