Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

1564–65 · Pen and brown ink, brush with pale brown and purple wash, over soft black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, some sketches over black chalk (verso). A patch with unrelated drawings by another hand, glued onto the sheet contains a cartouche design seen at lower right of recto, and an ornate garland design seen at lower left of verso · Drawings and Prints

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67 — Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Artist
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Date
1564–65
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush with pale brown and purple wash, over soft black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, some sketches over black chalk (verso). A patch with unrelated drawings by another hand, glued onto the sheet contains a cartouche design seen at lower right of recto, and an ornate garland design seen at lower left of verso
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1995

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