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Young Man with a Trident on a Dolphin
Young Man with a Trident on a Dolphin

Young Man with a Trident on a Dolphin

Artist (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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