Six subjects after antique cameos: female figures tending to a seated male figure; putti and dolphins; female figure holding the reins of a pair of rearing horses; intertwined naked figures flanked by music-playing satyrs; triton with shield-bearing female figure; naked male figure seated on goat-headed sea creature
Battista Franco · Italian
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in. (25 x 19 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Dolphins, Female Nudes, Horses, Male Nudes, Men, Mythical Creatures, Women
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Date range
1510 – 1561
Largest dimension
19.0 cm
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