Copy of a design for a ewer
1550
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1550
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This drawing copies an old design for a fancy metal jug. You see two jugs side by side, each with myth scenes: one shows Venus’s birth, the other Neptune riding waves. The artist traced a print made by René Boyvin, a French engraver from the 1500s. It looks like he used cross-hatching—tiny lines crisscrossed to shade shapes. Try the Victoria and Albert Museum’s online collection to see the original print.
