# Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67

- By: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, Milan (?) 1527?–1593 Milan)
- Date: 1564–65
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with pale brown and purple wash, over soft black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, some sketches over black chalk (verso)
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 13-13/16 x 10-3/8 in. (35.1 x 26.3 cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 1995
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/338108)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP807705.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)