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Four Children with a Cat and a Dog, plate nine from Twelve Ornament Panels

Giovanni Pietro da BiragoLinkedCulture matchlcp-6c9275193a0d

Date: c. 1505–15
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Culture: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 23429

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This print exemplifies a type of ornamental design that enjoyed wide popularity in the 15th and 16th centuries. Featuring fanciful decorative vases, fragments of armor, symmetrical acanthus scrolls, fantastic creatures, and frolicking putti, it was inspired by painted and carved architectural decorations from Roman antiquity. A significant number of very early engravings depict ornamental designs, suggesting there was considerable demand for them among artists, craftsmen, scholars, and collectors interested in the classical past.

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Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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Object type: AAT300041273

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