Cooper Hewitt
Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float
Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546 · 1533
A ship-shaped bowl, supported by two mermaids, is surmounted upon a base representing the sea. The bowl is flanked by two high columns with mermaid finials connected to each other by a pole entwined with ribbon. Traces of framing lines are visible at the edges of the sketch.
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