Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures
Cartoonist: Master of the Horse Heads, Netherlandish
- Date
- 1537
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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