Title: Antique-Style Ornamental Oblong Design: Grotesque Figures, Masks, and Amphorae
Object type: Drawing
Date: early 16th century
Artist:  Anonymous, Italian, 16th century 
Artist bio: Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and two colors of brown ink, over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (35 x 14.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Grotesques, term: Ornament, term: Mythical Creatures