Decorative Motifs and the Head of a Woman
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1580
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. On left, two overdoors. On the top frame sits an entablature with brackets, two cornices of a pediment with suspended festoons. A mask is in the center and an escutcheon is at the very top. At the bottom left door frame,there is an entablature with a scrollwork pediment and a cherub on top. At the bottom right, three-quarter profile of a woman bust portrait whose head is covered with a bonnet. On verso: three quare profile of a young man, a profile of a woman's head is turned toward him.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2617
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and grey watercolor washes, blotted red crayon, lead pencil on laid paper. On verso: red crayon on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.7 × 14 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)