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Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)
Creator
Andrés de MelgarSpanish painter (c.1500-1554) · 1500–1554
All works by this person →More on Wikidata- Date
- ca. 1545–60
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash; black chalk (verso)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 337504
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