Ornament Panel with Terms and Spiral Bases

An etched ornamental panel framed by two male and female term figures standing on twisted spiral bases. Garlands, vases and a central cartouche with a seated figure fill the symmetrical composition, with a mask at the top and small figures below.

Look closer: Small seated figure at the center of the cartouche, with tiny figures and kneeling forms below the panel.

Artist

Antonio Fantuzzi

Date

1540–45

Medium

Etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2360 × 3670 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1966