Horizontal Panel Design with Two Male Figures Playing Horns 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 center of a large scroll two male figures are depicted whose lower bodies consist out of acanthus leaves. They are both directed to the right and blow on curved, horn-like instruments.

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