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
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cadmium 37% atium 31% copper 18% zinc 10% oxygen 0% iron 4%