Flemish Grotesque Creatures and a Candelabra Grotesque (recto); Candelabra Grotesques with Mask (verso)

Andrés de Melgar

ca. 1545–60

Flemish Grotesque Creatures and a Candelabra Grotesque (recto); Candelabra Grotesques with Mask (verso) by Andrés de Melgar

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink (recto). On off-white paper. Pen and dark brown ink; composition within ruled framing lines at left border of sheet, and at right side of composition (verso)

Dimensions

13-1/4 x 8-13/16 in. (33.7 x 22.4 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

52.570.332

Tags

GrotesquesOrnamentMythical Creatures

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