Architectural fantasy with the fall of Bellerophon, Grottesco: in various ways… (series title), Gerard de Jode, 1565

Ornament printon the left and right lies a sphinx on a pedestal with volutes under a canopy. From a series of title page + 16 leaves with cartouches or architectural fantasies with a representation in a frame of grotesques with mythical creatures, animals, garlands, trophies and mascarons. First edition (fuhring 1989). Suffering, misfortune or bellerophon. Date: 1565. Place of creation: Nederland (mogelijk). Dimensions: height: 15.6 cm (6.1 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in). Medium: drawing brown pen and blue brush. Vredeman de Vries, Hans - Ornamental Composition with the Feat of Marcus Curtius - Hermitage