Grotesque Mask

Artist René Boyvin (French, ca. 1525 - 1625)

After Cornelis Floris II (Flemish, ca. 1513 - 1575)

Date1560

MediumEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 11 × 7 13/16 in. (28 × 19.9 cm) Platemark: 6 1/8 × 5 11/16 in. (15.5 × 14.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureItalian, French, and Flemish

PortfolioFrom a set of 24 engravings of masks.

Object numberPC2014.14.190

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionOne of 24 plates, including a title plate, of grotesque masks. This mask resembles a wrinkled, masculine face, with long leaves sprouting from the skin in place of a beard and mustache. The top is crowned with a carved scalloped shell, and branches grow like horns from the forehead. Twisting vines and acorns sprout from the outermost leaves, framing the mask.

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