Artwork
Border Lines (verso)
Border Lines (verso) is a drawing by the Renaissance artist Luzio Romano. It dates from 1504 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
Border Lines (verso) is a drawing by Luzio Romano, an Italian artist active during the mid-to-late 16th century. The work is actually the reverse side of a sheet, featuring subtle linework and signs of aging.
Technique & Style
The verso side displays delicate, ornamental lines characteristic of decorative or preparatory studies from the High Renaissance period, with Romano's work showing Mannerist tendencies.
History & Provenance
The sheet bears a circular stamp from The Cleveland Museum of Art in the bottom left corner, indicating its provenance. A faint handwritten date appears in the bottom right corner, suggesting the sheet may have been used as a study or sketch paper.
Artist & collection
Artist
Luzio Luzi (sometimes Luzzi or Luci), also known as Luzio Luzi da Todi and Luzio Romano (died late 16th century), was an Italian painter, stuccoist, and draftsman of the High Renaissance era favoring the Mannerist style.
Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto)
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto) Several Line Borders (verso)
Design for a Crozier
Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) Border Lines (verso)
Design for a Chalice (recto)
Design for a Chalice (recto) Architectural Plan (verso)
Design for Two Vases, Two Coats of Arms, and a Bull (recto)
Design for Two Vases and an Ornament (recto); Sketches of Five Arms and a Head (verso)
