TWO ORNAMENTAL PANELS
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Two ornamental panels

Agostino Mitelli (1609 - 1660)

ca. 1650

Medium
Black ink on paper
Classification
Ornaments
Dimensions
Platemark: 33 × 8.2 cm (13 in. × 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of F. Burrall Hoffman
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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About this work

Two panels in the form of candle-standards composed of grottesche and vases. The right one includes a base in the form of an octagonal block with rams' heads and garlands. In the lower right corner, the number 28. Left panel, upper right corner, number 27.