Four Panels with Rinceau Motif
17th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, blue and gold watercolor, white lead highlighting (now oxidized)
Dimensions
sheet: 10 5/16 x 6 7/8 in. (26.2 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.551.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where you'll find *Four Panels with Rinceau Motif*, a delicate 17th-century Italian drawing by an anonymous artist. Created during the Baroque era, this work features four intricately designed panels adorned with scrolling rinceau—a classic ornamental motif of intertwined leaves and tendrils, playfully integrated with small human figures. Measuring just 10 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches, it likely served as a preparatory design for decorative panels in architecture, furniture, or frames, reflecting Italy's rich tradition of opule...