Hind, Arthur Mayger; British Museum / Department of Prints and Drawings; Colvin, Sidney [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of early Italian engravings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (1) (London: British Museum, 1910)

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Known Masters and their Immediate Followers.

and cross-bones. The following inscriptions appear on different members
of the design : in cijere reve.
MEMORARE NOVISSIMA TVA IN ETERNV NON PECCA-
■ SIC • CER ■
BONV OPEREMVS DVM • TEMP • HABE •
Background regularly cross-hatched. Signed 5 • a below.
[396 x 87] Good early impression.
Purchased 1870. 5. 14. 383.
Other impressions : Paris (B. N., and E. de R.), Milan.
Reproduction : Illustr. 13.
Etched copy : J. Hopfer (B. 74).
15. UPRIGHT ARABESQUE WITH MASKS, CUPIDS AND NEREIDS.
B. xiii. 310, 33.—0. ii. p. 583.—K. 28.
At the base os the ornament are three masks between two dolphins. A
little higher are six Cupids sitting on a ledge and playing with balls : above
them are two dolphins, higher again two Nereids and finally two dolphins
clinging to the side os a vase. White ground. Signed 5 • a below.
[390 x 95] Good early impression.
Collection ; Ottley (1837, No. 1710).
Purchased 1859. 8. 6. 603.
Other impressions: Vienna (H.-B.), Paris (B. N., and E. de R.), Berlin, Dresden
(F. A.).
Reproduction: Illustr. 14.
Etched copy: J. Hopfer (B. 75).
16. UPRIGHT ARABESQUE WITH MASKS, CUPIDS AND A HEAD OF
AENEAS. P. v. 84, 53.—K. 35.
On the base os the ornament, which rests on lions’ feet and is flanked
by two masks of Satyrs, appears a bust identified by the inscription
iiejeas troia9. The upper part os the design is divided into sour
members, adorned with masks, cupids, dolphins, grotesque heads and sruit.
White ground. Signed 5 • a • below.
[400 x 113] Good early impression, somewhat irregularly cut r. and 1., clipping
extremities of two ssames r. and 1.
Purchased 1859. 8. 6. 604.
Other impressions : Berlin, Hamburg (part).
Reproduction: Illustr. 15.
An impression was cited in the Durazzo sale (1878, No. 1699). There is a
companion print to this and the preceding number in Dresden, F. A. (P. 55).
17. A. UPRIGHT ARABESQUE IN THE FORM OF A PILASTER, WITH
THE DEVICE “AB OLIMPO.” P. v. 83, 48 (= 47 = 49).
A pilaster with Ionic volutes is adorned with an arabesque design ;
at the base sits a Nereid with a child, holding a round shield on which
are the initials I • A ■ On a band in the centre is the inscription ab
olimpo, and on a ledge immediately below are seated two cats. Sur-
mounting a suit of armour at the top is an oblong tablet without inscrip-
tion. Ground darkly cross-hatched.
[288 x 33 (width of pilaster)-54 (span of volutes)] Good early impression, cut close
round the design.
Purchased 1845. 8. 25. 691.
Reproduction: Kristeller, Mantegna, 1901, fig. 118.
See note to its companion piece, No. 17. B.