Designs for Two Ewers and a Swing-Handle Bowl
date: label: Date
content: mid- 16th century
name: label: Attributed to
content: Luzio Romano, Italian, active 1528 – 1575
label: Attributed to
content: Pierino da Vinci, 1530 – 1553
notes: label: Description
content: At left: design for bowl with swing handle. The handle, decorated with applied female forms, is formed by double arches that are connected in the middle by a ring and are hooked to each side of the bowl's rim between the horns of goats' heads. The bowl's body is ornamented with draped festoons, acanthus leaves and a central female mask with fan diadem. Lower center: Design for small ewer shaped as an armless, elongated female form: her head supports a shell spout; her lower body tapers at the base to a simple circular foot; the handle is formed by forward curving scrolls connecting to the shell and form's back. The body of a vessel is also lightly sketched in the lower part of the design. At right (larger in scale): Design for a ewer with neck formed by female torso; a shell spout rests upon her head. The body of this vessel is relatively plain with bands of gadrooning at the bottom; the vessel rests upon a circular pedestal base; its handle is an elaborately-curved, ribbon-like scroll which connects the shell spout to the shoulder of vessel. At lower right: Small sketch for variation of the ewer at the right.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-36-5
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.4 x 20.3 cm (11 9/16 x 8 in. )