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Battling Tritons and Men on Hippocampi

Artist: Pellegrino Tibaldi

mounted to ivory sheet; two oval drawings, on top of the other; top drawing of two tritons--one at right with curly hair and beard hold a club aloft in his PR hand; another figure rides on his back; triton at right with curly hair holds an animal skull in PL hand and a club in PR; bottom drawing of men riding bucking hippocampi; man at right hits man at left over the head with a club; man at left holds two fish in his PR hand

Date
16th century
In our collection
since August the 5th, 2012 up to now
Dimensions
10 15/16 x 7 13/16 in. (27.78 x 19.84 cm) (sight) 11 1/4 x 7 15/16 in. (28.58 x 20.16 cm) (sheet) 23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (60.33 x 50.17 cm) (outer frame)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Pen and brown ink and wash over red chalk on laid paper
Price
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Composition
cadmium37%
atium31%
copper18%
zinc10%
oxygen0%
iron4%