Art, literature & history
Design for the Decoration of a Lunette with a Large Central Cartouche
1498–1561
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with pale gray washes
- Dimensions
- 12-1/2 x 21-1/2 in. (31.8 x 54.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 59.605.7
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Battista Franco. Design for the Decoration of a Lunette with a Large Central Cartouche. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Design for the Decoration of a Lunette with a Large Central Cartouche — Battista Franco. 1498–1561.
Medium: Pen and brown ink with pale gray washes. Dimensions: 12-1/2 x 21-1/2 in. (31.8 x 54.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.