Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)
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: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Boat-shaped vessel supported by baluster pedestal on either side of which two nudes sit with arms raised appearing to support the vessel. The curving body of a long-necked winged harpie rests beneath the spout or prow of the ship. A harpie or female half-figure at the stern curves outward; her tail curves behind her to form the vessel's handle. The central body of the vessel displays a figural frieze. Other decorative elements include a ram's head (in the center) and an eye (towards the stern of the vessel). On verso, pen and ink framing lines along right and left edges and across upper edge.
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: 1942-36-6
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, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 15.2 x 17.9 cm (5 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. )