The Nile, personified by a reclining bearded man leaning on a sphinx, with cornucopia in right hand, and surrounded by the remains of sculpted children Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum
Printmaker: Perrier, François (le Bourguignon)
Front view of the antique statue in the collections of the Vatican. Plate 93.
Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1638
Accession number: AD.1.18-8
Primary reference Number: 311675
Robert-Dumesnil: 106
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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