Horizontal Panel Design with Two Male Figures and a Putto 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. Two male figures, whose lower bodies consist of leaves and rinceaux are playing long, curved horns. In between them a putto is seated on the 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