Vase After the Antique
date: label: Date
content: 1789-1792
name: label: Designer
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Print Maker
content: Aubert Henri Joseph A. Parent, French, 1753–1835
label: Publisher
content: Chez Mondhare et Jean, 1784 – 1793
label: Publisher
content: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, French, 1734–1799
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Jean, French, 1754–1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large vase with two snake handles that terminate at lion head pulls. The vase has draped around its neck a chain with a medallion. On the medallion is a man with a toga and a stick with a snake winding around it; at left of the man are the initials AESCV. The vase is decorated with flowers and acanthus leaf ornamentation. The vase is elevated on a tall, draped column, with grotesque ornamentation at the base. To the left of the column is a smaller fountain designed like an antique tomb. To the right of the column is a small sepulcher with SPQT carved on it; the sepulcher is placed on a fragment (the capital) of a Corinthian column. Although the printed descriptions provide locations for Parent's study of antiquities, the compositional arrangement is imagined. The plate is signed, numbered, and dated.
place: label: designed in
content: Rome, Italy
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-228-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 43.7 x 29.5 cm (17 3/16 x 11 5/8 in.)