A Grotesque with Two Sirens
by GOSSART, Jan, Pen and brown ink, 245 x 70 mm
The peculiar form of the drawing indicates that it was made for the decoration of a specific object. The interest in grotesques was raised by the discovery about 1500 of the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s Roman palace.
Formerly the drawing was attributed to Dirck Vellert.