Design for a Grotesque Wall Decoration

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Artist: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
Date: 1501–47
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/16 x 9 3/4 in. (25.6 x 24.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession no.: 59.605.5

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
ca. 1524–26 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016159
Seated Triton
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
1545–47 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018364
Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
1501–47 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018899
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch, and Saint Mary Magdalen?
Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
1522–23 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020505

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