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Document identity
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106526
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Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)
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drawing
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106526
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drawing
title
Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)
date
mid-1500s
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CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Q79893263
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64047
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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Italy, 16th century
accession
1924.587
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pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk
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Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso), mid-1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; sheet: 32.1 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.587
collection
DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
lower center, in brown ink: Pierino ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: A 3089
didYouKnow
The voluptuous women supporting surrounding the lower stem of this chalice were likely inspired by caryatids--sculpted female figures used as weight bearing columns in classical architecture.
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:43:47.979000
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106526
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Drawings
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DR - Italian
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pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk
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male
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photo
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