Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

Divers Trophées (Weapon Trophies after the Façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome)

Polidoro da Caravaggio

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Print from a series of six reproducing the weapon trophies over the second floor windows of Palazzo Milesi in Rome, designed and executed by Polidoro da Caravaggio in 1525/26. The print shows a large trophy with a Roman centurion helmet. The helmet is characterized by a female hybrid creature supporting a shell on top of which a lion is seated. The lion in turn supports the feather plume. The helmet is flanked by a shield on the left and a vase with a griffon's head on the right. In a semispherical compartment below the helmet the inscriptions have been placed.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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