Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
René Lochon|Charles Errard le fils|Polidoro da Caravaggio
1651 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
Print from a series of six reproducing the weapon trophies over the second floor windows of Palazzo Milesi in Rome, designed and executed by Polidoro da Caravaggio in 1525/26. The print shows a large trophy with a Roman centurion helmet. The helmet is characterized by the figure of a sphinx which supports a three-tiered feather plume. The helmet is flanked on both sides by a large shield. In a semispherical compartment below the helmet the inscriptions have been placed.
- Artist
- René Lochon|Charles Errard le fils|Polidoro da Caravaggio
- Date
- 1651
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2012
