Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso), Andrés de Melgar, circa 1545–60

Drawing ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1545–60. Dimensions: 13-1/4 x 9 in. (33.7 x 22.9 cm). Medium: black chalk, drawing, paper, pen and brown ink. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso) MET DP800647