A triton and a siren fighting at center, their legs as scrollwork, a swan to right, the grotesque head of an old man below, plate 6 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

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A triton and a siren fighting at center, their legs as scrollwork, a swan to right, the grotesque head of an old man below, plate 6 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Creator

Stefano della Bella

engraver, printmaker (1610-1664) · 1610–1664

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Date
ca. 1638–43
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object ID
397814
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