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Figure of Africa

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

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".

Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Type: woodwork
Medium: fruitwood
Department: CHNDM
Institution: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Object number: chndm_1960-1-15-c
Credit: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

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