3820B
Prometheus alongside a lion
Prometheus alongside a lion
- Artist
- Villa Alta de San Ildefonso de Oaxaca Workshop
- Title
- Prometheus alongside a lion
- Date
- 17th or 18th century
- Medium
- Sgrafitto on wood filled with lute (zulaque) paste and set in an inlaid and dyed wooden frame. Decoration on the inner surface of a lapdesk (bufetillo) top.
- Location
- Private collection
- Photo Source
- Curiel et al. 2011, 29.
- Correspondence Credit
- Rubem Amaral Jr.
- Note
- The images of Prometheus and of the lion come from the same edition of Alciato's emblems (Lyon: Macé Bonhomme for Guillaume Rouillé, 1549).
- Item
- 3820B
