Design for Ornamental Border with Foliage, Putti and a Lion's Head
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Alessandro Allori
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1535–1607 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1535–1607
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk or graphite, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper, pasted down on a Talman mount
Dimensions: sheet: 12 1/8 x 6 7/16 in. (30.8 x 16.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession year: 1971
Tags: Lions