Design for a Sculptural Frame Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves (for a Ceiling ?); Design for a Base Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves
early 16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions
4-1/16 x 5-9/16 in. (10.3 x 14.1 cm) octagonal sheet 5-7/8 x 4-15/16 in. (15 x 12.5 cm) rectangular sheet
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.19.73
Tags
About the Artist
Giulio Romano · 1499–1546
Giulio Romano (c. 1499–1546) was the most gifted pupil of Raphael and one of the founding figures of Mannerism, the style that succeeded the High Renaissance in Italy. Born Giulio Pippi in Rome, he entered Raphael's workshop as a boy and proved so talented that by the time of Raphael's death in 1520 he was effectively running the studio and overseeing the completion of major unfinished commissions...