Object Details
Artist
Unknown
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The edges of the sheet are framed by candelabra (rendered in half form) composed of a variety of swags and animals, notably a pelican at top center; a monkey wearing a jester's cap at upper left; a saytr at center facing left and climbing stairs; a duck and a dragon fly at center and two frolicking rabbits at lower right.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
Date
mid–late 16th century
Accession Number
1994-64-1
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ornament
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted on laid paper
Dimensions
H x W x D: 13.5 × 7.9 cm (5 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
matted with 1994-64-2 and1994-64-3
made in
Italy
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1994-64-1