DrawingsItalian15th century

Fighting Nudes

15th century

Artists

Antonio PollaiuoloArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, extensively restored, laid down overall to brown craft paper

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.3 x 18.1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Sr., London, England. Bishop Benson. Sir John Gott, Bishop of Truro, Cornwall, England. Reginald Herbert, The Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Salisbury, England, sold [through Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1917, lot 343]; to [Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, July 15, 1919, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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