Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Luzio Romano

Date

mid-1500s

Medium

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

Culture

Italy, 16th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The voluptuous women supporting surrounding the lower stem of this chalice were likely inspired by caryatids--sculpted female figures used as weight bearing columns in classical architecture.

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