Design for Ornamental Border with Foliage, Putti and a Lion's Head, by Alessandro Allori, 1535–1607
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Design for Ornamental Border with Foliage, Putti and a Lion's Head

Alessandro Allori (Italian, Florence 1535–1607 Florence)

1535–1607

Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk or graphite, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/8 x 6 7/16 in. (30.8 x 16.3 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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