Cleveland Museum of Art

Suite of Vases: Plate 28

Jacques François Saly

Date

1746

Medium

etching

Culture

France, 18th century

Department

Prints

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Designing ornamental vases or urns was particularly popular during the mid-18th century since the only limit to the possibilities was the imagination of the artist. Saly, a sculptor by training, was a student at the French Academy in Rome from 1740 to 1746, at which time he published a set of 30 etchings. Saly began with basic antique vase forms but deviated from classical ornament to use a rich variety of fantastic creatures for embellishment.

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