DrawingsItalian16th century

Antique Sacrifice

16th century

Artists

Polidoro da CaravaggioArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, black wash, black chalk and graphite (?) on cream antique laid paper, bordered in brown ink, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.7 x 31.2 cm (7 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman (deceased 2002), Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

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