Ornamental Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child (c. 1505–15): Art, History and Details

Ornamental Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child (c. 1505–15) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Giovanni Pietro da Birago (Italian, active c. 1471–1513).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Printed ornamental columns—such as these flanking the portrait of Henry II—were probably colored and used for interior decorations. The printed panels may have also served artists and craftsmen creating similar patterns in other materials, including wood, stone, or metal. They have been imaginatively integrated into the display on this wall because their intricate designs feature pieces of armor and mythical creatures that echo those in the works around them.

Object facts

• Title: Ornamental Panel: Triton Ridden by a Child
• Date: c. 1505–15
• Creator attribution: Giovanni Pietro da Birago (Italian, active c. 1471–1513)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: engraving
• Dimensions: Image: 53.4 x 7.8 cm (21 x 3 1/16 in.); Platemark: 53.9 x 9.1 cm (21 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Engraving
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1930.582

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Parsse, Leona. "Three Arabesque Panel Engravings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 7 (July 1934): 109-111.

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