A Winged Phallus in the Shape of a Bird

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Prints and Drawings

second half of the 16th century

Unknown North Italian Artist
Italian, 16th century

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Title: A Winged Phallus in the Shape of a Bird
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1550–1599
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown ink wash, with opaque watercolor and traces of red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 21.5 × 7 cm (8 1/2 × 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Prints and Drawings Discretionary Fund
Reference Number: 2022.1463
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Private collection, Cremona. Art Gallery Enrico Frascione, Florence, from around 2015 [all provenance is according to Art Gallery Enrico Frascione correspondence]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

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