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This sheet is like a page from a product catalogue containing a choice of elaborately decorated ship’s rams. The protruding spikes were intended to ram enemy vessels. Dolphins, mermaids, and all manner of sea creatures seem to declare dominion over the sea. The Baroque-like motifs show surprising similarities with depictions by other artists.
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Artwork information
Artist
Nicolas François Daniel Lhuillier (c. 1736–1793) or copy after Lhuillier (?), Group 6
Place and date
Rome, between 1755 and 1768 (?)
Dimensions (sheet)
335 x 374 mm
Inventory number
IX 5159-35-32-1
Keywords
GND terms
- Saint Non, Jean Claude Richard de;
- Palazzo Colonna;
- Cortona, Pietro da;
- Santa Maria del Priorato;
- Wiedewelt, Johannes;
- Clérisseau, Charles-Louis;
- Lhuillier, Nicolas-François-Daniel
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