Horizontal Panel Design with Five Hybrid Creatures and a Lion.
Design for a horizontal panel filled with a male central figure seen from the back. He holds a club and directs his attention towards a lion on the left. Surrounding him are four more male hybrid creatures whose lower bodies end in acanthus leaves. One of them embraces the lion as though they were wrestling. On the verso, part of the acanthus rinceau of 66.602.11(17) has been copied in leadpoint.
Artwork Details
- Title: Horizontal Panel Design with Five Hybrid Creatures and a Lion.
- Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century
- Artist: In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli (active in Venice ca. 1600–1625)
- Date: 17th century (first half)
- Medium: Pen and brown ink over leadpoint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 5/16 in. (18.3 x 26.2 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 66.602.11(18)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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