Figure of Africa
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
name: label: After
content: Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595
label: After
content: Marten de Vos, Flemish, 1532-1603
notes: label: Description
content: Panel in gadrooned frame. Nude female figure, holding tambourine and feather parasol, seated in chariot with crocodile arm rests, drawn by two lions; in foreground, scaly quadruped; in background, two elephants, camel, lion and ostrich. At top right, labeled "Africa".
place: label: made in
content: Eger, Bohemia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-15-c
objectType: label: Type
content: woodwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Panel
label: Type
content: Panel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: fruitwood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 47.6 x 32.3 x 3.3 cm (18 3/4 x 12 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)