Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) Border Lines (verso)

What did you think?

Details

Maker

Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75)

Date

mid 1500s

Medium

pen and brown ink over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (lower left, upper right)

Dimensions

Sheet: 29.8 x 17.5 cm (11 3/4 x 6 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
• Design for a Chalice (recto)Luzio Romano · mid-1500s
• Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso)Luzio Romano · mid 1500s
• Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)Luzio Romano · mid-1500s

Shown in

• The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and StylesMar 6, 1979 – Apr 22, 1979
• An Approach to Museum ObjectsMar 3, 1958 – Jun 30, 1958
• Department of Prints and Drawings Opening ExhibitionMar 3, 1958 – Oct 11, 1959
• Drawings by Old Italian MastersJun 5, 1940 – Feb 25, 1941
• Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, LondonSep 30, 1938 – Oct 30, 1938