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This is a drawing of a tree with crest-like elements. The drawing features a tree with a shield-like structure at its center, adorned with circular forms and a crown. Two humanoid figures with animalistic features are integrated into the branches. The line work is detailed, with hatching and shading for texture and depth.
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This is a drawing of a tree with crest-like elements. The drawing features a tree with a shield-like structure at its center, adorned with circular forms and a crown. Two humanoid figures with animalistic features are integrated into the branches. The line work is detailed, with hatching and shading for texture and depth.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Wine Decanter with Lions and Putti

Master of the Medici Banquet Decanters

Date
1650/1670
Medium
pen and brown ink with blue wash over graphite on light beige laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 33.8 x 24.1 cm (13 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2007.111.61
Credit line
Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Florentine
  • Tree
  • Fruit
  • Trees
  • Putti
  • animal
  • Cherub
  • Decanter
Provenance

Thomas Tomkins (1743 - 1816). (sale, Mr. Hickman's Gallery, London, 25-28 February 1818, no. 289). Robert Stayner Holford [1808-1892]; his son, Sir George Lindsay Holford, K.V.O.C. [1860-1926]; (his sale, Sotheby's London, 22 May 1928, no. 29B). (sale, Christie's London, 18 March 1975, no. 80). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

NGA object ID 139305. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.