Suite of Vases: Plate 13, Jacques François Saly, 1746, Cleveland Museum of Art: PrintsDesigni

Suite of Vases: Plate 13, Jacques François Saly, 1746,Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

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.
Medium: etching

https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.229.14