Design for a Soldier's Costume with a Cuirass (front and back)

Baccio del Bianco

ca. 1620–56 · Brown ink with a gray-blue and a light brown wash · Drawings and Prints

Design for a costume meant for a soldier. Both a frontal and rear view are depicted on the sheet. The costume is characterized by sun rays encircling the collar. The scaled cuirass has been given a brown color. Vegetal wreaths and grotesques are indicated as further decoration of the costume.

Artist

Baccio del Bianco

Date

ca. 1620–56

Medium

Brown ink with a gray-blue and a light brown wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948