Decorative Motifs, Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre on laid paper. On verso: brush and dark brown watercolor washes on laid paper., Vertical rectangle. A scrollwork escutcheon with a bearded mask. At bottom left a panel with two acanthus flowers, symmetrical to a disk motif. At center, an oblong with pointed plant motif over a drapery festoon of a hide. Below it are rampant lions on a grotesque frame motifs with their backs turned to a plint. At right, a painted plant motif with a tent circle with calices. On verso: a male and female satyr support with their heads baskets., Italy, 1580–1600, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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Decorative Motifs, Black chalk, pen, ink, bistre, laid paper, verso, brush, dark brown watercolor washes, laid paper, Vertical rectangle, scrollwork escutcheon, bearded mask, bottom left, panel, two acanthus flowers, symmetrical, disk motif, center, oblong, pointed plant motif, drapery festoon, hide, rampant lions, grotesque frame motifs, backs turned, plint, right, painted plant motif, tent circle, calices, verso, male, female satyr support, heads baskets, Italy, 1580–1600, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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