Horizontal Panel Design with a Man, a Snake and a Female Fantastical Creatures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux

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 with his hair pulled back has been depicted whose lower body consists of acanthus leaves. He is holding one of the rinceaux and looks towards a fantastical creature with a female head, a long neck and a short body that ends in acanthus leaves. Above their heads a snake with a bird-like beak is portrayed.

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