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The image displays a large ornate vase with intricate carvings of figures in flowing robes and vine patterns around the rim. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. The vase is centrally positioned in the image, standing upright with a wide, shallow top, and the figures and patterns wrap around its upper half.
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The image displays a large ornate vase with intricate carvings of figures in flowing robes and vine patterns around the rim. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black, white, and gray. The vase is centrally positioned in the image, standing upright with a wide, shallow top, and the figures and patterns wrap around its upper half.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Borghese Vase

Workshop of Johann Teyler, after Charles Errard

Date
c. 1685-1697
Medium
engraving inked à la poupée in brown and black on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within platemark): 38.4 × 25.4 cm (15 1/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.21.54
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • figure
  • Leaf
  • Vase
Inscription

recto: at bottom left, in graphite: 456; at bottom right, in brown ink: 656 [pasted on separate piece of paper] in graphite: old number; verso: at lower left, in graphite: 1492 [circled] y/po

Marks

none

NGA object ID 33311. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.