Horizontal Panel Design with Two Hybrid 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 with a meandering rinceau. In the upper left corner two hybrid creatures with human faces have been placed. The one on the left has wings for arms and wears a feathered head. The one on the right looks like a sphinx and his lower body morphs into a tail of acanthus leaves.

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