Wilton album, folio 10c: Bellona, the goddess looking right, resting her right hand on a shield

Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian

1545–55

Not on view

For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428).
A later state of the print with additional shading, especially visible in the lower right corner; for two earlier states, one of which before lettering, see The Metropolitan Museum Mariette Album (folio 41). A preparatory drawing for the print exists in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Richardson no. 141)

Artwork Details

Title: Wilton album, folio 10c: Bellona, the goddess looking right, resting her right hand on a shield
Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
Date: 1545–55
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (19.5 × 11.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.78.1(28)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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