Grotesque with male figure with lower body and head of acanthus scrolls
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 8 7/16 × 5 9/16 in. (21.4 × 14.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.23.89
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
GrotesquesOrnamentMenAcanthus
About the Artist
Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century|Marco Dente · 1500–1640
The artist known only as Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century, remains one of the many unidentified figures whose works survive in museum collections today. Active between roughly 1500 and 1640, this individual produced drawings, ornamental panels, and devotional subjects during a transformative period in Italian art that bridged the late Renaissance and the emerging Baroque. With no rec...