Allegory of Birth (Cybele Returning to the Hands of the Two Genii: Memnon, son of Triton, and Aurora)
Artist
Giorgio Ghisi
(Italian, 1520–1582)
Date1568
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 11 1/8 x 16 3/4 inches (28.3 x 42.5 cm);
Sheet: 12 x 17 3/8 inches (30.5 x 44.1 cm)
Sheet: 12 x 17 3/8 inches (30.5 x 44.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Ian Stewart
Terms
- Engraving
- Allegory
- Animals
- Aurora
- Beds
- Birth
- Chariots
- Cradles
- Cybele
- Female nudes
- Flaming torches
- Horses
- Landscapes
- Memnon
- Mythology
- Pillows
- Putti
- Servants
- laid
Object number78.095
Collections
Giorgio Ghisi
Schelte Adams Bolswert
Jacob de Gheyn II