Horizontal Panel Design with a Man, a Snake and a Female Fantastical 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 filled with a meandering acanthus rinceau. In the middle a male figure with his hair pulled back has been depicted whose lower body consists of acanthus leaves. He is holding one of the rinceaux and looks towards a fantastical creature with a female head, a long neck and a short body that ends in acanthus leaves. Above their heads a snake with a bird-like beak is portrayed.

Horizontal Panel Design with a Man, a Snake and a Female Fantastical Creatures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century, Pen and brown ink over leadpoint

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