Panel with figure of Saturn, plate 1
Panel with figure of Saturn, devouring one of his children and standing on a socle, surrounded by masks and vessels in a rectilinear composition, plate 1 from a series of sixteen ornamental panels with mythological divinities
Artwork Details
- Title: Panel with figure of Saturn, plate 1
- Series/Portfolio: Sixteen ornamental panels with mythological divinities
- Artist: René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
- Artist: After Leonard Thiry (Netherlandish, active Fontainebleau ca. 1536–50)
- Date: ca. 1550–65
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: sheet: 16 x 9 3/4 in. (40.6 x 24.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.35
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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