Title: Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Date: ca. 1590–1600
Portfolio: The Four Continents
Artist: After Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder 
Artist bio: Flemish, Bruges ca. 1520–ca. 1590 London (?) (active England)
Artist nationality: Flemish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/16 x 5 5/8 in. (20.8 x 14.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Female Nudes, term: Elephants, term: Lions, term: Snakes