Design for a Cartouche (recto); Fragments of the Plan of a Building (Church?) (verso); two separate sheets glued back to back
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Niccolò dell' Abate
Artist bio: Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580|Italian, Modena 1509–1571 Fontainebleau (?)
Artist role: Artist|Former Attribution
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions: 8-5/16 x 6-7/16 in.  (21.1 x 16.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Cartouches|Architecture