Flemish Grotesque Creatures and a Candelabra Grotesque (recto); Candelabra Grotesques with Mask (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 dark brown ink (recto).  On off-white paper. Pen and dark brown ink; composition within ruled framing lines at left border of sheet, and at right side of composition (verso)
Dimensions: 13-1/4 x 8-13/16 in.  (33.7 x 22.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Grotesques|Ornament|Mythical Creatures