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This is a drawing featuring a central figure surrounded by two human-like entities with wings, a structure above the central figure supported by two bird-like creatures, two stags with impressive antlers on either side of the central figure, and a creature with features of a dog and a bird in the foreground.
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This is a drawing featuring a central figure surrounded by two human-like entities with wings, a structure above the central figure supported by two bird-like creatures, two stags with impressive antlers on either side of the central figure, and a creature with features of a dog and a bird in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP

Date
1555
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 42.2 x 16.8 cm (16 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1998.34.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • mammal
  • animal
  • classical
  • mythology
  • fantasy
Provenance

(Artemis, London); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Inscription

upper right in plate: AP (in monogram); upper left in plate: 1555; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Ma AP Bartsch 2; center verso in gray ink: Vostre

Watermarks

small coat of arms

NGA object ID 102551. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.