Cartouche in the Form of a Horned Monster's Head in Near Profile View

Attributed to Michelangelo Colonna Italian

1604–87

Not on view

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Title: Cartouche in the Form of a Horned Monster's Head in Near Profile View
Artist: Attributed to Michelangelo Colonna (Italian, Ravenna/Como 1604–1687 Bologna)
Date: 1604–87
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (17.1 x 10.5 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Object Number: 1971.513.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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