Frieze with Half-Length Female Figure Holding Two Horns at Center

Theodor de Bry

ca. 1590 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Frieze with a half-length female figure on top of a strapwork ornament holding two horns emitting smoke at center. At either side, grotesques with human heads and tails ending in serpents hold the ends of fabric that drapes from central figure's hair. From a series of four plates.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

ca. 1590

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951