Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures

Cartoonist: Master of the Horse Heads, NetherlandishLinkedCulture matchlcp-8a8308684b8e

Date
1537
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
121473

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Ornament designers hit the motherlode when Emperor Nero’s ancient villa was excavated in Rome in about 1480. A profusion of strange hybrid creatures was found frescoed on underground spaces, or grottos—hence the name grotesques. These fabulous creatures migrated north and inspired this furry-legged nude by Master of the Horse Heads, an unidentified Dutch printmaker known by his horse imagery.

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Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrus

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