Decorative Motifs, Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre on laid paper. On verso: brush and dark brown watercolor washes on laid paper., Vertical rectangle. A scrollwork escutcheon with a bearded mask. At bottom left a panel with two acanthus flowers, symmetrical to a disk motif. At center, an oblong with pointed plant motif over a drapery festoon of a hide. Below it are rampant lions on a grotesque frame motifs with their backs turned to a plint. At right, a painted plant motif with a tent circle with calices. On verso: a male and female satyr support with their heads baskets., Italy, 1580–1600

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