Horizontal Panel Design with Four Male Figures Fighting a Lion

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 showing four male figures whose lower bodies consist of acanthus leaves. Three of them are fighting a lion while the fourth, on the left, is struggling with a snake.

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