Plate 2: three fragments of friezes; on top, a grotesque head of a man, a skull of a ram at bottom left and a chimera at bottom right, from 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Friezes, foliage, and grotesques' (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1638–43
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/16 × 4 7/8 in. (6.2 × 12.4 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Ornament|Heads|Mythical Creatures