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Enea Vico, artist
Italian, 1523 - 1567
Ewer with a Handle in the Form of a Dog, pl. II from a series of different vases drawn after the antique, 1543
Engraving
24.7 x 18.1 cm (image)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1985.1.473

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Artist Biography: Engraver and specialist in coins and medals. Went to Rome to work for Salamanca and Barlacchi, earliest known engravings date from 1541.Left in 1545 to work for the Medici in Florence, then in Venice, and finally in 1563 went to work at the court of Alfonso d'Este II in Ferrara.~~Reference: Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre-graveur. Vol XV. W¸rzburg: 1920~Boorsch, Suzanne and J. Spike. Italian Masters of the Sixteenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch. Vol. 30. New York: 1985, Abaris Books.~

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