Candelabra Grotesque with a Winged Female Term on a Pedestal
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (24.2 x 17 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.643.4(6)
Tags
About the Artist
Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century · 1510–1556
Cornelis Bos (c. 1506/10–before 1555), a Netherlandish engraver, printseller, and publisher born in 's-Hertogenbosch, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Antwerp print trade during the mid-16th century. His early life remains sparsely documented, with no records of formal training or mentors, though he was active in Antwerp by 1537, producing his earliest known engraving, *Prudence and Justice*, af...