Design for a nautilus cup with Neptune riding a Hippocampus

ca. 1535 - 1540
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a nautilus cup with Neptune riding a Hippocampus
  • Artist: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)
  • Date: ca. 1535 - 1540
  • Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
  • Medium: Pen and black-brown ink, watercolour, over charcoal or black chalk, red chalk
  • Dimensions: Other: 25 3/16 × 18 7/8 in. (64 × 48 cm)
    Framed: 26 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (68 × 52 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Kunstsammlungen Der Fuersten von Waldburg-Wolfegg, Schloss Wolfegg.
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts