Salt on a triangular plan, the corners of the vessels decorated by sphinxes, the lid the shape of a tympanum, the outlines decorated by lying female terms with their heads a plate with masks, from Vessels
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Vessels
Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries|Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Hieronymus Cock
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)|Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605|Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589|Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish|Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: 1563
Medium: Etching; first state of two (Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (18.7 × 13.6 cm)
Classification: Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession year: 1960