Neptune
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
203 x 102 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.7
Summary
(Folio 3, recto, upper left print) Neptune standing in a niche holding a trident, with a hippocampus (seahorse) behind him. 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
QVI MARIA IMPERIO REGIE NEPTVMHNVS ET VNDAS
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator