drawing
- Museum number
- 1874,0808.48
- Description
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A grotesque mask with horns and pointed ears, a flower on the forehead
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1514-1546
- Dimensions
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Height: 50 millimetres
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Width: 51 millimetres (octagonal)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Etched in reverse by Lanier (W.4,170, reproduced by Wood fig. 7.23).
Lit.: J. Wood, 'Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666) and the origins of drawing collecting in Stuart England' in C. Baker, C. Elam and G. Warwick (eds), 'Collecting Prints & Drawings in Europe c. 1500-1750', Aldershot, 2003, p. 105, fig. 7.24.
Pouncey & Gere 1962
There can be no doubt as to Giulio's authorship of 1874,0808.50; 54-56. The quality of the others is somewhat disappointing but we give them the benefit of the doubt.
See also T,11.71.
Literature: Hartt 326 (giving wrong register no.)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,0808.48
