Vessel with grotesque masks, griffins, and a frieze populated by a bull and men in bas-relief (reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti, in turn after Polidoro da Caravaggio), circa 1550–1600
Print ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1550–1600. Dimensions: plate: 9 7/16 x 6 7/16 in. (24 x 16.3 cm); ; sheet: 9 13/16 x 6 13/16 in. (25 x 17.3 cm). Medium: engraving. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vessel with grotesque masks, griffins, and a frieze populated by a bull and men in bas-relief (reverse copy after Cherubino Alberti, in turn after Polidoro da Caravaggio) MET DP832101