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Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder Italian
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Horizontal frieze with a youth, seen from behind and seated on the back of a hybrid creature with the upper body of a horse which morphs into a meandering rinceau of foliage.
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Title: Ornamental frieze with foliate scrolls
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder (Italian, Vicenza ca. 1520–ca. 1583 Venice (?)) (manner of)
Date: 16th century
Medium: engraving
Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (11.1 x 36.5 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number: 53.600.65
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