Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni

1525–35

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?) by Luca Penni

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; circular outlines done with compass, and the paper is sectioned into five fragments.

Dimensions

each sheet approx.: 4 x 7 in. (10.2 x 17.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.508.106(1-5)

Tags

Musical InstrumentsWomenPlayingReading

About the Artist

Luca Penni · 15001557

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