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Saturn Devouring One of His Children

DrawingsItalian16th century

Saturn Devouring One of His Children

16th century

Artists

Polidoro da CaravaggioArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on four pieces of blue antique laid paper, laid down to thick cream antique laid paper (the mount of the collector John Skippe)

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.3 x 13.6 cm (10 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Peter (d. 1718) Sylvester, London, England (L. 2108). John Skippe, London, England sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, November 20-21, 1958]; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cunningham, 1959, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

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