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Engraved vertical ornamental panel with a twisting nude male figure at the top, flowers and scrolls on the sides, and a garland with a mask at the base.

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An engraved vertical ornamental panel tapers to a base decorated with a garland and a central mask, framed by scrolls and flowers. At its apex a nude male figure twists dynamically, arms extended, among foliage and drapery within a bordered cartouche.

Artist
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)
Date
1580
Medium
Engraving
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2637 × 3805 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1580).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

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