The Consecration of an Eagle

Monogrammist A after Peregrino da Cesenaca. 1500-1525

Details

Title: The Consecration of an Eagle
Creator: Monogrammist A after Peregrino da Cesena
Date Created: ca. 1500-1525
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed within platemark, lower center: “A”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1946
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: animals, birds, eagles, mythology
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: One of 3 known impressions in the U.S. of a copy after Peregrino in the niello manner, larger than the original. An engraved copper plate from which no impression exists is in the British Museum; it is in same direction as Peregrino’s original
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 75 mm x 55 mm (2.95 in. x 2.17 in.). Sheet dimensions: 87 mm x 66 mm (3.43 in. x 2.6 in.).
Bibliography: Hind 1 (vol. 5, p. 241); Hind “Nielli,” 236; National Gallery of Art “Early Italian Engraving” cat. B-19; Dutuit “Epreuves” cat. 689; PCA “Census”
Associated People: Created by Monogrammist A (Italian, active ca. 1500), After Peregrino da Cesena (Italian, active ca. 1490–1520)
Accession Number: 1946.D1.133

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