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Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Polidoro da Caravaggio|Aegidius Sadeler II|Marcus Sadeler

Title page depicting a two-handled base with dancing nymphs, from Antique Vases (Vasa a Polidoro Caravagino)

1605
Etching and engraving; second state of three (Bartsch)
27.2 × 17.9 cm (10.7 × 7 in)

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