Young Man with a Trident on a Dolphin

Artist Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553 - 1615)

Date1628

MediumEngraving

DimensionsTrimmed to Platemark: 12 15/16 x 6 11/16 in. (32.8 x 17 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureItalian

MarkingsOn verso in pencil: 'B 144'

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 144 (only state)

Object numberPC2014.14.138

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionA nude male figure stands atop of an imagined dolphin-like sea creature, swimming in a scalloped shell. The man holds a trident in one hand, and a shield with fleur-de-lis symbols in the other. A billowing piece of cloth encircled in the man's arms flies dramatically behind him.

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