Grotesque Design with an Octagonal Panel in the Center and Two Griffins Drinking from PLates held up by a Hybrid Creature (recto); Two Turtles above a Scene with Four Figures (verso), Andrés de Melgar, circa 1545–60

Drawing ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1545–60. Dimensions: 7-13/16 x 13 in. (19.8 x 33.7 cm). Medium: pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, pen and dark brown ink. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Grotesque Design with an Octagonal Panel in the Center and Two Griffins Drinking from PLates held up by a Hybrid Creature (recto); Two Turtles above a Scene with Four Figures (verso) MET MM37922