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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 Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/5/760014-1527590518.jpg?itok=kiYRgY26)
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
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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)
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Medium and techniques
Woodcut
Measurements
27.9 x 18.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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