The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Antique-Style Ornamental Oblong Design: Grotesque Figures, Masks, and Amphorae

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

early 16th century

Attribution

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550–1580

Medium

Pen and two colors of brown ink, over traces of leadpoint underdrawing, on buff laid paper

Physical dimensions

13 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (35 x 14.2 cm)

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959