Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)

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Maker

Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75)

Date

mid-1500s

Medium

pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk

Dimensions

Sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Place of origin

Italy

Held by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view

Credit line

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0

More by Luzio Romano

• Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)Luzio Romano · mid 1500s
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• Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso)Luzio Romano · mid 1500s

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