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The Warwick Vase
The item is one of the illustrations from Piranesi's book of engravings (see Bibliography).The engraving shows one side of a large two-handled vase, called the Warwick Vase. The handles are formed of twisted vines, which thence encircle the rim, bearing grapes. On the sides, the heads of Sileni are placed, as if severed, on a leopard or tiger skin.
Creator
- Burrell Collection
- Greville, George, Earl of Warwick
- Hamilton, William, Sir
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Subject
- Drawings
- Engravings/Etchings/Lithographs
- Pottery/Ceramics
- archaeology
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Creator
- Burrell Collection
- Greville, George, Earl of Warwick
- Hamilton, William, Sir
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Subject
- Drawings
- Engravings/Etchings/Lithographs
- Pottery/Ceramics
- archaeology
- Drawing
- Archaeology
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- Burrell Collection|Greville, George, Earl of Warwick|Hamilton, William, Sir|Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Temporal
- Roman
Places
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Classical Antiquities
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- society_albums/classical_antiquities/ca6
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi, Tripodi, Lucerne, ed Ornamenti Antichi 2 vols. (Rome, 1778). See Volume 1, the first three plates.|Ian Jenkins and Kim Sloan, Vases & Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection (London: British Museum Press, 1996), pp. 220-2.|John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings 2 vols. (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994), 2: 964-6. Illustration, pl. 890, p. 965.
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-18T10:20:24.270Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-25T11:21:26.369Z