Sphinx with Two Bodies
Female sphinx standing to front with basket of flowers on her head, over two lions, lying on the ground, their heads obscured. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sphinx with Two Bodies
- Series/Portfolio: Designs by Giulio Romano for Stucco Medallions at the Palazzo Te, from the Collection of Nicolas Lanier : Six plates (New Hollstein 1182-1187)
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
- Date: 1652
- Medium: Etching, only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/16 in. × 6 in. (10.3 × 15.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
- Object Number: 17.50.18-118
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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