Design for the Decoration of a Wall with Grotteschi in the Antique-Style
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Luzio Luzzi (also known as Luzio Romano, Luzio da Todi)
Artist bio: Italian, active Rome, documented 1519–1582
Artist role: Artist
Date: 1545
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk or leadpoint, ruling and compass work; glued onto secondary paper support
Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 5 1/2in. (23.8 x 14cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession year: 1880
Tags: Architecture|Grotesques