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Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDesign 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
