Plate from "Divers Trophées" (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian
Draftsman Charles Errard le fils French
René Lochon French
Not on view
Print from a series of six reproducing the weapon trophies over the second floor windows of Palazzo Milesi in Rome, designed and executed by Polidoro da Caravaggio in 1525/26. The print shows a large trophy with a Roman centurion helmet. The helmet is characterized by the figure of a sphinx which supports a three-tiered feather plume. The helmet is flanked on both sides by a large shield. In a semispherical compartment below the helmet the inscriptions have been placed.
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