Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds
Cooper Hewitt

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546 · 1524–46

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache; scale in graphite added on each side; curving stroke (of a letter?) in pen and brown ink cut off on lower center of sheet
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Symmetrical arrangement of interlaced acanthus rinceaux interspersed with animals and birds. Included are salamanders and eagles which are possible references to Federico Gonzaga and family who were important patrons of Giulio Romano.

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