Ornament Panel: Victoria Augusta

c. 1507

Nicoletto da Modena

Associated Names
Nicoletto da Modena

Artist, Italian, active 1500/1512

The image displays an intricate array of intertwining lines and shapes forming an abstract design. The composition includes symmetrical elements with flowing scrollwork around central figural elements like cherubs holding musical instruments. Other motifs include putti, fantastical creatures, and decorative urns with a Baroque sensibility. The arrangement resembles ornate carvings or tapestries, guiding the viewer's eye across the interplay of shapes and mythical forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.3 x 13.2 cm (10 3/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7412

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.136, no. 106, State iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 328.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no. 175.

1996

  • Wyss, Edith. The Myth of Apollo and Marsyas in the Art of the Italian Renaissance: An Inquiry into the Meaning of Images. Newark, Delaware and London, 1996: no. 92 (appendix), fig. 116.

Wikidata ID

Q65024081

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