Horizontal Panel Design with a Man and Two Fantastical Creatures Interspersed between an Acanthus Rinceau

Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century

17th century (first half) · Pen and brown ink over leadpoint · Drawings and Prints

Design for a horizontal panel filled with a meandering acanthus rinceau. In the middle a male figure whose lower body consists of acanthus leaves, interacts with two fantastical creatures sprouting from the acanthus rinceau.

Artist

Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century

Date

17th century (first half)

Medium

Pen and brown ink over leadpoint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1962