Lot number 3728 - Auction 155
ORNAMENT- UND GROTESKENSTUDIE:

ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARDO BUONTALENTI December 1531 Florence - 6 June 1608 ibid. STUDY OF ORNAMENT AND GROTESQUE Pen and brown ink on chamois-coloured three-part handmade paper mounted on old paper. Visible dimensions: 28.5 x 25 cm, passe-partout dimensions: 48 x 37 cm. Slightly stained, minor creases. Mounted in passe-partout. Extensive collection of grotesque, mascaron and cartouche motifs as well as figurative ornaments, presumably created as a workshop and template sheet for decorative work. The linear style of drawing, the variety of motifs and the mannerist canon of forms are closely related to the Florentine ornamental art of the late Renaissance, in the circle of Bernardo Buontalenti. Provenance: International private collection.