Suppliants bringing gifts to Niobe, seated figure with cornucopia at right, sheet five from a series of five depicting the lost Niobid Frieze from the Palazzo Milesi
Copy in reverse of a print by Galestruzzi depicting Polidoro da Caravaggio's lost frieze on the Palazzo Milesi in Rome. The sheet is joined at the left edge with 51.501.769b, which is joined with 51.501.769a to form one composition.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suppliants bringing gifts to Niobe, seated figure with cornucopia at right, sheet five from a series of five depicting the lost Niobid Frieze from the Palazzo Milesi
- Series/Portfolio: Series depicting the lost Niobid Frieze from the Palazzo Milesi
- Artist: Anonymous
- Artist: After Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (Italian, Florence, 1615 or 1618–after 1669)
- Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
- Date: after 1656
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 8 1/4 in. (11 × 21 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.769c
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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