The Discovery of Glass
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Maria Butteri
Artist bio: Italian, Florence, ca. 1540–1606/8 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1570–72
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk; stylus-ruled construction
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (29.3 × 21.5 cm) maximum (an oval shape but with upper two corners cut)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Bertha and Isaac Liberman Foundation Gift, in memory of Jeffrey P. Klein, and Carolyn H. Specht Gift, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Men|Women