Title: Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"
Object type: Print
Date: 1732
Portfolio: The Four Parts of the World
(Les Quatres parties du monde)
Artist:  Johann Justin Preissler 
Artist bio: German, 1698–1771
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 11 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (28.2 × 32.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Female Nudes, term: Lions, term: Snakes