Panel of Ornament with Acanthus and a Swan

Primary Agostino dei Musi, called Veneziano (Venice, Italy, circa 1490–Rome, Italy, after 1536)

NationalityItalian, Europe

Datecirca 1530-1535

MediumEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 × 8 11/16 in. (33.4 × 22 cm)
Additional Dimension: 12 1/16 × 7 11/16 in. (30.6 × 19.5 cm)

Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, by exchange, 1999.43

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Rights Statement

NO COPYRIGHT - PUBLIC DOMAIN

Collection AreaPrints and Drawings

Object number1999.43

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Web Comments

This is one of Agostino Veneziano’s greatest achievements and probably the single finest High Renaissance print of ornament. It offers a lyrical interpretation of the inhabited acanthus that is carved on the exterior of the Ara Pacis, the monumental altar of imperial peace built for Augustus in 13-9 B.C. and rediscovered in the early 16th century. This impression is one of the earliest and perhaps the most subtle in its exceptional clarity and silvery tonality.

Exhibitions

Luminous: 50 Years of Collecting Prints and Drawings at the Blanton

European Prints of Ornament, 1500 - 1700

Language of Prints

Qualitative Distinction: European Prints and Drawings from the Permanent Collec

The Portable Museum: Renaissance Prints After Ancient Roman Sculpture

Print Study Exhibition