Design for a free-standing structure

Although this design for an elaborate free-standing structure has been published under the name of Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1515-1585), it was executed by a still unidentified artist. Such elaborated designs are often confused with the oeuvre of Androuet du Cerceau, one of the greatest architects in 16th-century France in the tradition of Sebastiano Serlio (1475-ca. 1554) and Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). The piece, whose identification is still enigmatic, is decorated with an interesting combination of satyrs, Roman soldiers and at least one identifiable cupid.