Design for a Frontispiece: Mercury and Fame

Provenance

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Artist: Francisco Rizi (Spanish, 1614–1685)
Date: 1650
Medium: Pen and brown ink with pen and black ink and brush and gray wash. Composition outlined in pen and brown ink. Contours incised and verso blackened with carbon dust for transfer
Dimensions: 10-13/16 x 7-1/8 in. (27.5 x 18.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession no.: 1975.131.226

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.