Horizontal Panel Design with Five Hybrid Creatures and 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 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.

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