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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
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1564–65
- Artist
- 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)
- Size
- 13-13/16 x 10-3/8 in. (35.1 x 26.3 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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