Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations.

1501–56

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/16 x 10 9/16 in. (40.8 x 26.9 cm)
Collection no.: 59.605.8
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Girolamo da Carpi. Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations.. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations. — Girolamo da Carpi. 1501–56.

Medium: Pen and brown ink. Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/16 x 10 9/16 in. (40.8 x 26.9 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.

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