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Here he learnt to design grotesques through assisting Giovanni da Udine in the Vatican Logge. Until his death in 1547 he played a major role in the development of the Mannerist decoration style.\r\n\r\nThis is a design for a covered tazza with three small-scale sketches of simpler, variant designs by Perino del Vaga. The figures on top of the cover are a woman with a unicorn, representing chastity. Perino painted this subject several times, notably in the frieze in the Sala di Perseo in the Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome. A unicorn resting in the lap of a virgin was the impresa of the Farnese family whose members held high ecclesiastical office and were patrons of art in Italy, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. This suggests that this could have been a commissioned design.","physicalDescription":"Design for a tazza on rectangular sheet of paper stuck on another piece of paper. There are  three small-scale sketches of simpler variant designs on the bottom left. The figures on top of the cover are a woman with a unicorn, representing chastity (a subject painted several times by Perino, notably in the frieze in the Sala di Perseo in the Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome). The circular or oval bowl with snake handles is supported on a knopped stem with winged cherubs holding hands obove and below with tritons sitting on sea waves. The drawing is in perspective.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Perino del Vaga","id":"A15227"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"wash","id":"AAT11051"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen and ink and wash","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"}],"styles":[{"text":"Renaissance","id":"AAT21140"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2017KE6141","2006AM3058","2017KA4449"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLH (VA)","id":"THES49654"},"free":"","case":"PD","shelf":"289","box":"A"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"designs","id":"AAT102051"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1512-1547","earliest":"1512-01-01","latest":"1547-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"23.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This drawing was bought by the museum in 1890.\n\nHistorical significance: The drawing is in perspective. \r\nPerino del Vaga is one of a group of renowned Renaissance painters, sculptors and architects, including Giulio Romano, Rosso Fiorentino, Rapahel and Michelangelo who produced designs for the decorative art.\r\n'In the design of the bowl and cover the artist has kept close to the classical prototype' (Hayward, 1976). There were very few clasical prototypes to copy at the time except despictions on medal and vases. Pompeii and Herculaneum were discovered only 200 years later.\r\nNot many renaissance objects, especially precious metalwork have survived (most often melted down and converted into currency). Becuase of these losses, drawings and prints provide important primary documents of Renaissance designs for decorative arts.","historicalContext":"A unicorn resting in the lap of a virgin was the impresa of the Farnese family whose members held high ecclesiastical office and were patrons of art in Italy, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.\r\nDesigns such as this were used by craftsmen to produce objects.","briefDescription":"Drawing, Design for a tazza by Perino del Vaga (1501-47), Italian school, 1530-40s","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings, volume 1, 14th to 16th century, 1979, London, cat. no.367."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hayward, J.F., Virtuoso Goldsmith's and the triumph of mannerism, 1540-1620, 1976, London, cat. no. 53"}],"production":"Attribution note: probably a commission","productionType":{"text":"Design","id":"THES48872"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Tazza","id":"AAT197303"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Chastity","id":"x32054"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["D.255-1890"],"accessionNumberNum":"255","accessionNumberPrefix":"D","accessionYear":1890,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LU0315"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-07","recordCreationDate":"2005-08-04","availableToBook":false}}