Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596) Cyclops
Artist: After Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596)
Engraver: Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671)
Title: Polyphemus and the Flight of the Greeks
Medium: Copperplate Engraving on Laid Watermarked Paper
Image Size: Height 17 cm x Width 13.7 cm. (Note: this item is supplied loose).
Sheet Size: Height 30.8 cm x Width 22.7 cm.
Condition: Good, has been cleaned, small blemish of old mat burn and a small repaired tear to centre left edge of print. Both the faint mat burn and tear are easily concealed during the framing process.
About: This copper plate engraving of the famous giant of Greek mythology Polyphemus the Cyclops is by Jan de Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671) artist and engraver after the original painting by the Italian artist Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596). This is a very nice dense and clean impression with wide margins to the paper.
According to the Greek poet Homer, the giant was the son of Poseidon, the sea god, and the nymph Thoosa. He inhabited the island which is now known as Sicily. While contemporary depictions of the Cyclops assume a humanoid with a single, huge eye, the classical and Renaissance portraits of Polyphemus show a giant with two empty eye sockets where human ocular organs would be, and a single eye centered above them as this work does.
Artist: After Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596)
Engraver: Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671)
Title: Polyphemus and the Flight of the Greeks
Medium: Copperplate Engraving on Laid Watermarked Paper
Image Size: Height 17 cm x Width 13.7 cm. (Note: this item is supplied loose).
Sheet Size: Height 30.8 cm x Width 22.7 cm.
Condition: Good, has been cleaned, small blemish of old mat burn and a small repaired tear to centre left edge of print. Both the faint mat burn and tear are easily concealed during the framing process.
About: This copper plate engraving of the famous giant of Greek mythology Polyphemus the Cyclops is by Jan de Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671) artist and engraver after the original painting by the Italian artist Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596). This is a very nice dense and clean impression with wide margins to the paper.
According to the Greek poet Homer, the giant was the son of Poseidon, the sea god, and the nymph Thoosa. He inhabited the island which is now known as Sicily. While contemporary depictions of the Cyclops assume a humanoid with a single, huge eye, the classical and Renaissance portraits of Polyphemus show a giant with two empty eye sockets where human ocular organs would be, and a single eye centered above them as this work does.
Artist: After Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596)
Engraver: Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671)
Title: Polyphemus and the Flight of the Greeks
Medium: Copperplate Engraving on Laid Watermarked Paper
Image Size: Height 17 cm x Width 13.7 cm. (Note: this item is supplied loose).
Sheet Size: Height 30.8 cm x Width 22.7 cm.
Condition: Good, has been cleaned, small blemish of old mat burn and a small repaired tear to centre left edge of print. Both the faint mat burn and tear are easily concealed during the framing process.
About: This copper plate engraving of the famous giant of Greek mythology Polyphemus the Cyclops is by Jan de Jan de Bisschop (Dutch 1628-1671) artist and engraver after the original painting by the Italian artist Tibaldi Pellegrino (Italian 1527-1596). This is a very nice dense and clean impression with wide margins to the paper.
According to the Greek poet Homer, the giant was the son of Poseidon, the sea god, and the nymph Thoosa. He inhabited the island which is now known as Sicily. While contemporary depictions of the Cyclops assume a humanoid with a single, huge eye, the classical and Renaissance portraits of Polyphemus show a giant with two empty eye sockets where human ocular organs would be, and a single eye centered above them as this work does.