Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)

Andrés de Melgar

ca. 1545–60

Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso) by Andrés de Melgar

Medium

Pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash; black chalk (verso)

Dimensions

13-1/4 x 8-9/16 in. (33.7 x 21.7 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, 1952

Accession Number

52.570.324

Tags

BirdsGrotesquesMenMythical Creatures

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