Suite of Vases: Plate 13 (1746): Art, History and Details

Suite of Vases: Plate 13 (1746) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jacques François Saly (French, 1717–1776).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Suite of Vases: Plate 13
• Date: 1746
• Creator attribution: Jacques François Saly (French, 1717–1776)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1996.229.14

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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