Fragment of a Grotesque Decoration with a Term and Putto

Andrés de Melgar

ca. 1545–60

Fragment of a Grotesque Decoration with a Term and Putto by Andrés de Melgar

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink, and some brush and brown wash (recto). On off-white paper; pen and dark brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing (verso)

Dimensions

10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (26.1 x 10.4 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

52.570.325

Tags

GrotesquesOrnamentPutti

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