Three sections; uppermost with a Term and garlands; middle section geometric band; bottom section grotesques and strapwork (recto); Term with a marine creature and putto (verso)
Andrés de Melgar · Spanish
Date: ca. 1545–60
Medium: Pen and gray-brown ink
Dimensions: 13 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (33.5 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Themes: Grotesques, Ornament
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Date range
1540 – 1550
Largest dimension
23.5 cm
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