Two marine panels after ancient Roman wall painting: the upper panel depicting four ships, two on each side flanking an island on which stand a soldier in antique military dress and a nude male figure holding a triton, one of the ships has capsized; the lower panel depicting a series of fish and a crustacean in profile view
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Rocco Pozzi|Niccolo Vanni
Artist bio: Italian, active 18th century|Italian, born Rome, active Naples 1750–1770
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1750–70
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 18 1/2 x 38 3/16 in. (47 x 97 cm)
plate: 13 3/16 x 33 11/16 in. (33.5 x 85.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012