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

- 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











