The Sansovino frame / Nicholas Penny, Peter Schade and Harriet O'Neill.

9781857095906

London : National Gallery, 2015.

48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Published to accompany the exhibition, Frames in focus: Sansovino frames, April 1-13 September, 2015 at the National Gallery, London.

Associated with Venice and the Veneto of the second half of the 16th century, Sansovino frames are characterised by carved overlapping scrolls, garlands of fruit, masks, broken pediments, and sometimes cherubs.

Frames in focus: Sansovino frames.

English

April 22, 2015