"Suite of Vases: Plate 30", Jacques François Saly, 1746
Jacques François Saly (French, 1717-1776)
Etching
The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.229.31
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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.
-The Cleveland Museum of Art
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