Ornamental Foliage with a Mask and a Bowl of Fruit (Autre, offrant au milieu d'en bas un mascaron...) Ornamental Foliage with an Old Man and Two Children

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Sheet contains two rinceaux designs. Upper design: grape leaf and centralized grotesque motif above mask with leafy hair, beard and scrolling moustache, which supports grape filled vase; lower design: three figures amongst acanthus leaves and partial figure of nude male at center flanked by two putti.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Engraver
Enea Vico, Italian, 1523–1567
Date
ca. 1545
Medium
Engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions
10.2 x 24.8cm (4 x 9 3/4in.)
Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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