Cybele riding her chariot drawn by two lions .
after Baldassare Peruzzi (Siena 1481 – Rome 1536)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1530 - 1560
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
249 x 181 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.78
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-6-65
Summary
(Folio 24, recto, lower left print) Cybele at left riding her chariot being drawn by two lions to the right, her left foot rests on a globe, nestling in her chariot are an echnida, rabbit, eagle etc
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
Above margin: Lettered above margin 'Ant Sal. Exc' 'Master's monogram 'B' on dice and along bottom margin eight lines of description.
Makers and roles
after Baldassare Peruzzi (Siena 1481 – Rome 1536), creator Master of the Die (fl. 1530 - 1560), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher