Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Stringed Instruments by Pomponio Amalteo — Pomponio Amalteo. Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Stringed Instruments, 1505–88. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Stringed Instruments

by Pomponio Amalteo

Quick Overview

Artist: Pomponio Amalteo (Italian, Molta di Livenza 1505–1588 San Vito al Tagliamento)
Date: 1505–88
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over red chalk, on blue paper
Dimensions: 2-5/16 x 2-13/16 in. (5.8 x 7.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1977
Accession no.: 1977.249a

Provenance

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More by Pomponio Amalteo in museum collections

Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Wind Instruments and a Drum
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1505–88 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019592
Design for a Pendentive: Youthful Musicians with Wind Instruments
Pomponio Amalteo
1505–88 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019593

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