Triton Carrying a Child

c. 1507

Nicoletto da Modena

Associated Names
Nicoletto da Modena

Artist, Italian, active 1500/1512

This is a drawing of a mythological scene with hybrid creatures. The drawing features a human-vegetation hybrid figure with a beard and crown of leaves interacting with a unicorn-like creature. Additionally, a cherub or infant-like figure sits on a hybrid sea creature while holding a staff. The central figure displays a balance between human form and elements of nature. The unicorn-like creature has a mane resembling plant life. The cherub-like figure is seated on a creature resembling a seahorse while holding a branch and staff. The composition is framed by a large tree bearing an emblem with the letters "N.N.M."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.8 x 10.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7416

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.116, no. 11

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 324.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.171.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65024095

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