Satyr riding a fantastical creature, snail-like creatures
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Andrés de Melgar
Artist bio: Spanish, documented S. Domingo de la Calzada, died after 1554
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Spanish
Date: ca. 1545–60
Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: 5 x 8-15/16 in.  (12.7 x 22.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Grotesques|Mythical Creatures|Fauns