The Sansovino frame
By: Nicholas Penny, Peter Schade, Harriet O'Neill
Contributors: Schade, Peter, 1968- author; O'Neill, Harriet, author; National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher: National Gallery Company Limited
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781857095906
Subjects: Picture frames and framing; Exhibitions; Scrolls (Decorative arts); Wood-carving, Baroque; 21.81 history of decorative art; Art and Design
Description: Associated with Venice and the Veneto of the second half of the 16th century, Sansovino frames are characterised by carved overlapping scrolls, garlands of fruit, masks, broken pediments, and sometimes cherubs.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, April 1-September 13, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.