Candelabra Grotesque with a Naked Boy in a Strapwork Contraption
Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
1540 after · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash · Drawings and Prints
Three quarters of a candelabra grotesque, copied after a print published by Cornelis Bos around 1540. The design is characterized by a semi-circular strapwork contraption, in which a young, naked boy is placed.
- Artist
- Cornelis Bos|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
- Date
- 1540 after
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
