Polyphemus Throwing Boulders at the Fleeing Aeis and Galatea (recto); Polyphemus Playing His Reed Pipes for Galatea (verso)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Felice Giani

Title

Polyphemus Throwing Boulders at the Fleeing Aeis and Galatea (recto); Polyphemus Playing His Reed Pipes for Galatea (verso)

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1632–1863

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over touches of black chalk (recto and verso), on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

13.1 × 22.4 cm (5 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.2046

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