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The image displays swirling lines and curvilinear shapes creating an abstract composition. The flowing forms resemble intricate architectural details like ornate moldings or decorative plasterwork, suggestive of rococo style. The sketch also includes elements resembling a vase with foliage, adding organic form among the structured abstract lines. These features may evoke decorative elements found in classical interiors or grand palatial designs.
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The image displays swirling lines and curvilinear shapes creating an abstract composition. The flowing forms resemble intricate architectural details like ornate moldings or decorative plasterwork, suggestive of rococo style. The sketch also includes elements resembling a vase with foliage, adding organic form among the structured abstract lines. These features may evoke decorative elements found in classical interiors or grand palatial designs.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

An Elaborately Sculpted Frame

Genoese 17th Century

Medium
pen and brown ink with gray and red-brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 19.8 x 11.3 cm (7 13/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.15.a
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • plant
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Sculpture
  • Vase
Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

by artist?, lower center verso in pen and brown ink: amore / Si; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: [AJ?]

NGA object ID 143664. 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.