Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures, Master of the Horse Heads, Netherlandish | Mia

decorative pattern: two winged nude female figures with animal-like lower bodies flanking a vertical stem at center; each holds a twisted frond that curls, and swirls into larger leaf pattern — Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures, 1537
Master of the Horse Heads, Netherlandish
Engraving
Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrus 2015.93.113
Not on View
Ornament designers hit the motherlode when Emperor Nero’s ancient villa was excavated in Rome in about 1480. A profusion of strange hybrid creatures was found frescoed on underground spaces, or grottos—hence the name grotesques. These fabulous creatures migrated north and inspired this furry-legged nude by Master of the Horse Heads, an unidentified Dutch printmaker known by his horse imagery.

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Title: Ornament with Two Winged Female Half-Length Figures
Dated: 1537
Artist: Master of the Horse Heads, Netherlandish
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: Prints and Drawings
Dimension: 3 5/16 × 1 5/8 in. (8.41 × 4.13 cm) (sheet)
Credit: Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrus
Accession Number: 2015.93.113
Medium: Engraving
Century: 16th century
Provenance: Albertina, Vienna, duplicate, Lugt 5h and Lugt 5e. [Kennedy Galleries, New York; sold to Andrus]; John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015. Earlier provenances have been gathered, but further research will increase our knowledge of their histories.
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Prints; Works on Paper
Object Name: Print
Catalogue Raisonne: Hollstein 4; Bartsch 27 (vol. 10, p. 157)
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