Design for a Frame with a Large Oval Compartment and Four Medallions

Engraver Cesare Domenichi Italian
After Lodovico Scalzi Italian
1614
Not on view
Design for a decorative frame with an oval-shaped central compartment and four medallions in the four corners of the frame. The decorations consists largely of vegetal scrolls that were likely to be worked out in relief, as suggested by the hatched background. The design has been quartered by a horizontal and vertical line, but no true variants are introduced.

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Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Frame with a Large Oval Compartment and Four Medallions
  • Engraver: Cesare Domenichi (Italian, active 1589-1617)
  • Artist: After Lodovico Scalzi (Italian, 1560-after 1614)
  • Date: 1614
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 9 5/16 in. (27.2 × 23.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.79.1(185)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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