Neptune in a Decorative Frame with Grotesques, from the Judgment of Paris

Adriaen Collaert

ca. 1580–1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Plate 2 from a series of six devoted to the figures in the mythological story of the Judgment of Paris. Vertical panel with an older male figure, commonly identified as Neptune, reclining in a landscape in a medallion at center. The seated figure leans on a vase, which lies on its side at right and is shown spilling its contents (water and fish) on the ground. Surrounding the medallion, a dark background with grotesque ornament, including a figure riding an eagle under a canopy at bottom center.

Artist

Adriaen Collaert

Date

ca. 1580–1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928