Horizontal Panel Design with Three Male Figures Interspersed between Acanthus Rinceaux
17th century (first half)
Medium
Pen and brown ink over leadpoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 5/16 in. (18.4 x 26.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
66.602.11(10)
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About this artwork
This horizontal panel design exemplifies the elaborate ornamental vocabulary that characterized Italian decorative arts during the seventeenth century. Created by Polifilo Giancarli in collaboration with an anonymous Venetian artist during the first half of the seventeenth century, the design features three male figures interspersed among acanthus rinceaux—the scrolling foliage patterns derived from the acanthus plant that formed a fundamental element of classical and Renaissance decoration. Suc...
About the Artist
Polifilo Giancarli|Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 17th century (Italian|Italian) · 1600 |1573 –1625 |1638
active in Venice ca. 1600–1625|Italian, Bologna 1573–1637/38 Venice