Horizontal Panel Design with Two Hybrid Creatures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux

Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century Italian
In the manner of Polifilo Giancarli Italian

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Design for a horizontal panel with a meandering rinceau. In the upper left corner two hybrid creatures with human faces have been placed. The one on the left has wings for arms and wears a feathered head. The one on the right looks like a sphinx and his lower body morphs into a tail of acanthus leaves.

Horizontal Panel Design with Two Hybrid Creatures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, Pen and brown ink over leadpoint

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