Two Designs for a Flower Pedestal
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and purple wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (20.5 × 15.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Karen Cohen Fund, Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation Inc. Gift, in memory of Jeffrey P. Klein, Van Day Truex, Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Logan, and Harry G. Sperling Funds, 2013
Accession Number
2013.548
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling workshops of mid-16th-century Italy, artists like Guglielmo Porta and Perino del Vaga (also known as Pietro Buonaccorsi created intricate designs that bridged sculpture, architecture, and ornamentation. This delicate drawing, dated around 1550–70, presents *Two Designs for a Flower Pedestal in pen and brown ink with brush and purple wash on a modest 8 x 6-inch sheet. These preparatory sketches, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, showcase the Mannerist flair for graceful, elongated forms—hallmarks of Perino's elegant style, influenced by Raph...
About the Artist
Guglielmo della Porta|Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) · 1500–1577
Son or nephew of Giovanni Giacomo della Porta. Comment on works: Sculptor; Restorer; Architect