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

Battling Tritons and Men on Hippocampi, 16th century

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Details
Title
Battling Tritons and Men on Hippocampi
Artist Life
1527 - 1596
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.46
Provenance
From the "Sagredo-Borghese album", Doge Nicolò Sagredo, Venice (by c. 1651); his brother, Stefano Sagredo, Venice; his son, Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice; his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo, Venice (until d. 1738); his wife, Cecilia Grimani Calergi Sagredo (until c. 1743), Venice; private collection, Lyon (until c. 1919; dispersed album and sold at auction in Lyon). Sale, Christie's, London, July 5, 1994, no. 5, for £700, to Moir; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1994-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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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