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After Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-96)

Polyphemus, blinded, about to hurl a rock

RCIN 905968

Polyphemus, blinded, about to hurl a rock

After Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527-96)

Polyphemus, blinded, about to hurl a rock

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of the nude figure of Polyphemus, sitting on a ledge and holding a rock in his right hand as he gropes the space before him with the other hand. This is an unfinished copy from part of the ceiling decoration of the Stanza d'Ulisse in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna.
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Other number(s)

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – P&W 0950

RL 05968

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