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Two Armorial Trophies marked by the incorporation of a Cuirass seen from the Back on the Left, and a Shield with Gorgon's Head on the Right, plate 15 from "Libro de' Trofei"

ca. 1550–53
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Two Armorial Trophies marked by the incorporation of a Cuirass seen from the Back on the Left, and a Shield with Gorgon's Head on the Right, plate 15 from "Libro de' Trofei"
  • Series/Portfolio: Libro de' Trofei
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara)
  • Artist: Design credited to Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
  • Publisher: Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: ca. 1550–53
  • Medium: Engraving [state before numbering]
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 9/16 in. (23.8 × 16.6 cm) [sheet has been cropped to just outside the plate mark]
  • Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
  • Object Number: 34.90.8(15)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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