Plate from "Divers Trophées" (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

1651

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 two hybrid sphinxes on the sides and an eagle with spread wings on top. To the left of the central helemt is another smaller one, which appears to be crowned by a lion's head. In a semispherical compartment below the central helmet the inscriptions have been placed.

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Title: Plate from "Divers Trophées" (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
Series/Portfolio: Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)
Artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
Draftsman: Charles Errard le fils (French, Nantes ca.1606/09–1689 Rome)
Artist: René Lochon (French, Boissy 1636–1675 Paris)
Date: 1651
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/8 x 11 9/16 in. (21.2 x 29.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2012
Object Number: 2012.193(6)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

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1651

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Polidoro da Caravaggio
16th century

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Polidoro da Caravaggio

Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

1634

Roman Procession, Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white — Roman Procession
Polidoro da Caravaggio
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