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"
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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)
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