Fragment of a Grotesque Decoration with a Term and Putto
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, and some brush and brown wash (recto).  On off-white paper; pen and dark brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk underdrawing (verso)
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.  (26.1 x 10.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Grotesques|Ornament|Putti