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Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto); Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)

mid 1500s

Luzio Romano

(Italian, active 1528–75)
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Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with brush and gray wash (left vase), over black chalk
Measurements
Sheet: 31.6 x 21.6 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1190
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Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented composition displays two side-by-side vertical ink drawings on aged, light brown paper. On our left, two ornate vases and a curved ornament appear; one has a bird-headed spout and the other a human-figure handle. To our right, anatomical sketches show a head in profile and five muscular limbs in various poses. Fine lines and brown washes define the intricate forms across both sheets.

Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto); Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)

mid 1500s

Luzio Romano

(Italian, active 1528–75)
Italy, 16th century

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