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Sculptures of a gladiator, a faun and Leda with the swan, Sculptures from antiquity, print, album page, Captions in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '53', inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 20 fol. 44., et lib. No. 14 fol. 62 et 63...', Italy, publisher: Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Rome, publisher: Antonio Salamanca, grantor of privilege: Urban VIII, Vatican City, 1538, 1641, Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Antonio Salamanca, Urban VIII, printmaker, granter of privilege, paper, engraving, height 180 mm x width 238 mm, This print is part of a series of at least 19 prints of sculptures from antiquity. The sculptures were in the collection of Villa Borghese., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, satyrs, fauns, Sileni, Jupiter, in the shape of a swan, and Leda, fight of gladiators, Three standing classical-style figures rendered in fine black linework across a light background, each positioned on its own small base; on the left a partly draped female figure wearing a head wrap and standing with one foot raised on a rocky plinth, her torso and limbs shown with defined musculature and one arm bent across her chest; in the center a muscular bearded male figure holding a club aloft in one hand and with a draped cloth over one shoulder, his torso and legs strongly modeled and his gaze turned to the side; on the right a draped female figure holding a large bird against her body while a flowing garment wraps around her lower half and one hand touches her chest, her head tilted gently and hair arranged in waves.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Keywords

Sculptures gladiator faun Leda swan antiquity print album page Captions Latin Print part album number 53 inscription Ende lib No 20 fol 44 et lib 14 fol 62 et 63 Italy publisher Giovanni Battista de Rossi Rome Antonio Salamanca grantor privilege Urban VIII Vatican City 1538 1641 printmaker granter paper engraving height 180 mm x width 238 mm series 19 prints sculptures collection Villa Borghese piece sculpture reproduction satyrs fauns Sileni Jupiter shape fight gladiators Three standing classical-style figures rendered fine black linework across light background positioned own small base left partly draped female figure wearing head wrap foot raised rocky plinth torso limbs shown defined musculature arm bent across chest center muscular bearded male figure holding club aloft hand draped cloth shoulder legs strongly modeled gaze turned side right draped female figure holding large bird body flowing garment wraps lower half hand touches head tilted gently hair arranged waves