Plate 2: frieze with nereids, putti with wreaths, and a ichthyocentaur holding a basket of fruit, a dolphin at right

1590–1627

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 18 9/16 in. (11.8 × 47.2 cm)
Collection no.: 51.501.1221
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Plate 2: frieze with nereids, putti with wreaths, and a ichthyocentaur holding a basket of fruit, a dolphin at right — Odoardo Fialetti. 1590–1627.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 18 9/16 in. (11.8 × 47.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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