Early 20th Century Renaissance Revival Grotesque Style Handpainted Oil on Leather Marine Monster Paintings a Pair

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This pair of artworks consists of two antique painted architectural panels featuring dynamic, neoclassical depictions of ancient Greco-Roman marine monsters. … Read more This pair of artworks consists of two antique painted architectural panels featuring dynamic, neoclassical depictions of ancient Greco-Roman marine monsters. Like the previous panels discussed, these were designed as interior inserts (such as overdoor transoms or panel fragments) and are rendered on a distressed, sage-green ground with heavily oxidized dark borders.

The panels depict figures commonly found in a Marine Thiasos, a mythical procession of sea-gods, nymphs, and chimeric creatures:Top Panel (The Ichthyocentaur or Marine Centaur): This creature features the upper torso of a human woman, the forelegs of a horse, and a long, winding serpentine fish tail. In classical mythology, ichthyocentaurs were peaceful sea-gods associated with ocean depths and sea foam.Bottom Panel (The Capricorn or Sea-Goat): This panel displays a classic Sea-Goat (Aigokeros), showing the front half of a horned goat combined with a coiled aquatic tail. It represents both the astrological symbol for Capricorn and a standard companion creature to the god Poseidon in ancient art.

Dimensions: Height 9 in x Width 24 in x Depth 1 in
They showcase significant artificial or historic distressing, visible through surface craquelure, deliberate paint flaking along the edges, and minor pitting on the background field to give the impression of salvaged architectural relics. See less