Studies for birds and grotesque masks (recto); candelabra grotesques, ewers and vases (verso)
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
Dimensions: 8-13/16 x 13-3/16 in.  (22.4 x 33.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Birds|Grotesques|Mythical Creatures