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Ewer with Handle

Cornelis Floris de Vriendt1548

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The handle is at upper right; a man is bound to it by a harness at his waist. On the right side of the body a man astride a grotesque mask supports on his shoulders another man who grasps the handle. Also astride masks are a putto, at center, and a bearded man with a shell, at left.

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  • Title: Ewer with Handle
  • Creator: Cornelis Floris II
  • Creator Lifespan: 1513/1575
  • Date Created: 1548
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
  • Paper Support: White laid paper
  • Exhibitions: Cincinnati, OH, The Taft Museum, "Art and Fashion of the Renaissance," Oct. 4 - Nov. 30, 1946
  • Dimensions: 22.2 x 17.3 cm (8 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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