Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)

Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti

ca. 1625 · etching · Drawings and Prints

Design for a frieze filled with a meandering acanthus scroll and various figures. On the right side of the frieze a hybrid satyr whose lower body morphs into acanthus leaves is depicted holding up a club and a tortus shell as shield. He looks over his shoulder to the left where a panther-like creature, three playful putti and a snake have been depicted.

Artist

Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti

Date

ca. 1625

Medium

etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949