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The Medici Vase by Unknown — VisualArtsDB

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The Medici Vase

The Medici Vase

The Medici Vase

1600–1799

Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Primary suppport: 34.2 × 26.6 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 39 × 30.7 cm (15 3/8 × 12 1/8 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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This ancient marble vase—depicted by an unknown artist working in Italy—was owned by the Medici family and became a popular work for draftsmen to copy. Stefano della Bella made a famous etching after the same piece (1972.776).

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