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Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)

A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top published 1554

Woodcut | 27.9 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851995.l

Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top

Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)

Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top published 1554

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A woodcut illustration from Book I of the 1554 edition of the French translation of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. For a comment on the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, see RCIN 851995.

Provenance

Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
(author)

Search the collection Jean Martin
(translator)

Search the collection Jacques Kerver (d. 1583)
(printer)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Woodcut

woodcut

Measurements

27.9 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Philosophy & Psychology
Philosophy
Allegory
Physical and Mental Activities
Dreams
References

Other number(s)

Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.147 C.XXVI.12

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