Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] published 1554
Woodcuts | RCIN 851995
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Title Page](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/3/759844-1527590209.jpg?itok=T7c83JaQ "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Title Page")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Title Page published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo enters into a dense and pathless forest](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/e/759871-1527590257.jpg?itok=4RtQ3FBN "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo enters into a dense and pathless forest")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Poliphilo enters into a dense and pathless forest published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo reaches a stream wandering in a deserted forest](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/4/0/759898-1527590307.jpg?itok=Y0PM93sC "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo reaches a stream wandering in a deserted forest")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Poliphilo reaches a stream wandering in a deserted forest published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo stretches himself out beneath an oak](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/1/759925-1527590359.jpg?itok=j8vuaHJe "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo stretches himself out beneath an oak")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Poliphilo stretches himself out beneath an oak published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: While strolling alone among the palms, Poliphilo encounter a hungry wolf](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/a/6/759951-1527590408.jpg?itok=qxxB-VOe "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: While strolling alone among the palms, Poliphilo encounter a hungry wolf")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: While strolling alone among the palms, Poliphilo encounter a hungry wolf published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A pyramid-like construction with an obelisk and a statue of a winged nymph on top](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/d/759978-1527590452.jpg?itok=pZ1rMsi- "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A pyramid-like construction with an obelisk and a statue of a winged nymph on top")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A pyramid-like construction with an obelisk and a statue of a winged nymph on top published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a winged horse with children trying to ride on its back](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/3/760005-1527590501.jpg?itok=zkrM0xuf "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a winged horse with children trying to ride on its back")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A statue of a winged horse with children trying to ride on its back published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/2/760010-1527590510.jpg?itok=sujvgbS4 "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/6/9/760011-1527590511.jpg?itok=3YBmZ7_u "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: One face of a statue base, with inscription in Latin published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Seven men and seven women dancing, each having two faces](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/e/760012-1527590513.jpg?itok=hKoXlSRt "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Seven men and seven women dancing, each having two faces")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Seven men and seven women dancing, each having two faces published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Youths gathering flowers](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/0/760013-1527590515.jpg?itok=-MQZ6gJH "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Youths gathering flowers")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Youths gathering flowers published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/5/760014-1527590518.jpg?itok=kiYRgY26 "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A statue of an elephant with an obelisk on top published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ornament for a statue of an elephant](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/8/760015-1527590520.jpg?itok=nsddBs2p "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ornament for a statue of an elephant")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: An ornament for a statue of an elephant published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a crowned man standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a sceptre and a shield](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/1/d/760016-1527590522.jpg?itok=KqAjpviO "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a crowned man standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a sceptre and a shield")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A statue of a crowned man standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a sceptre and a shield published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a crowned female figure standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a tablet](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/0/760017-1527590523.jpg?itok=9ZjnwtJJ "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A statue of a crowned female figure standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a tablet")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A statue of a crowned female figure standing on the rounded lid of a tomb, holding a tablet published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Hieroglyphs engraved around a porphyry base](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/7/d/760018-1527590525.jpg?itok=wO_N8TQf "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Hieroglyphs engraved around a porphyry base")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Hieroglyphs engraved around a porphyry base published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ancient portal](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/f/760019-1527590528.jpg?itok=k9TZVxTN "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ancient portal")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: An ancient portal published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ancient portal](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/5/760020-1527590530.jpg?itok=rkYpoPo4 "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: An ancient portal")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: An ancient portal published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo encounters a monstrous dragon and takes flight through underground places](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/6/760021-1527590531.jpg?itok=sahdPhVA "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: Poliphilo encounters a monstrous dragon and takes flight through underground places")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: Poliphilo encounters a monstrous dragon and takes flight through underground places published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a helmet, a ox skull with two branches tied to its horns, and an ancient lamp)](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/f/760022-1527590533.jpg?itok=tZfvYvkS "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a helmet, a ox skull with two branches tied to its horns, and an ancient lamp)")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a helmet, a ox skull with two branches tied to its horns, and an ancient lamp) published 1554
![Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a circle and an anchor with an entwined dolphin)](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/0/760023-1527590534.jpg?itok=gnbsX_TE "Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]
Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a circle and an anchor with an entwined dolphin)")
Francesco Colonna (1432-1527)
Master: Discours du Songe de Poliphile [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili] Item: A rectangular panel with hieroglyphs (a circle and an anchor with an entwined dolphin) published 1554
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A set of woodcut illustrations from the 1554 French edition of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, also known as Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream, is a novel said to be by Francesco Colonna. It was first published in Venice by Aldus Manutius in 1499, and featured splendid woodcut illustrations.
The first French edition (Discours du Songe de Poliphile) was printed in 1546 by Jacques Kerver with a (free) translation by Jean Martin. It was reprinted in folio in 1554 and 1561, and in quarto in 1600.
The woodcut illustrations featured in the Italian second edition (published in Venice in 1545) were thought to have been designed by Raphael. This view was discarded by Tauriscus (1819).Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Woodcuts
Other number(s)
Ruland : Ruland, C., 1876. The Works of Raphael Santi da Urbino as represented in the Raphael Collection in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, formed by the Prince Consort, 1853-1861 and completed by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Weimar – Ruland p.147 C.XXVI.1-186Bibliographic reference(s)
Tauriscus 1819 : Tauriscus, E, 1819. Catalogues des estampes gravees d'apres Rafael, Frankurt pp.61-2, no.26
Alternative title(s)
[HYPNEROTOMACHIE, / OV, / Discours du son / ge de Poliphile, / Deduisant comme Amour le combat / a l’occasion de Polia. / [...] / Nouuellement traduit de langage Italien en Francois]
