Ascending Ornament

Lambert Hopfer

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of an elaborate ornamental design. The design is highly detailed and symmetrical, featuring intertwining floral motifs, leafy patterns, and scrolling vines. The artwork shows Renaissance-style decoration with roundels containing faces and possibly grotesques or cherubic figures riding fantastical creatures like decorative horses. At the center, the name "Lambrecht Hopfer" is inscribed.