Pallas Athena
Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
210 x 105 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.4
Summary
(Folio 2, recto, upper top right print) Pallas Athena holding a shield with Medusa's head on it in her right hand and a lance in her left hand from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses."
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
INSIGNIS GALEA ATOS INSIGNIS GORGONE PALAS
Makers and roles
Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator