Design for a Plate with Arion Riding a Dolphin in a Medallion Bordered by Sea Monsters

Adriaen Collaert|Philips Galle

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Design for a circular plate with Arion riding a dolphin and playing the lyre in a seascape. Plate 1 from a series of four plates, each showing a mythological figure associated with the sea in a medallion at center, surrounded by a broad border with various sea monsters and creatures.

Artist

Adriaen Collaert|Philips Galle

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917