Figure of Asia

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595 Flemish Marten de Vos

1730

Medium: fruitwood
Genre: Woodwork
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Panel in gadrooned frame. Female figure, swinging censer, seated in chariot drawn by two camels; in background, a battle scene against the backdrop of a hill town. At top right, labeled "Asia".

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