Candelabra grotesque with sphinxes supporting shields and two putti holding an oval cartouche, from a series of twelve candelabra grotesques
Object type: Print Ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Twelve candelabra grostesques
Artist: Giovanni Antonio da Brescia|Giovanni Pietro da Birago
Artist bio: Italian, active ca. 1490–ca. 1525|Italian, active ca. 1470–1513
Artist role: Artist|Former Attribution
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1490–1515
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 3 11/16 in. (55.6 × 9.3 cm)
Plate: 21 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (54.6 × 8.8 cm)
Classification: Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession year: 1923