Antique-Style Ornamental Frieze Designs: Grotesques with Winged Infant, Masks, and Fantastic Animals
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
Artist bio: Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: early 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint, on buff laid paper
Dimensions: Overall: 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (34.3 x 16.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Masks|Grotesques|Mythical Creatures