DrawingsItalian16th century

Armour

16th century

Artists

Polidoro da CaravaggioArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.5 x 22.3 cm (12 x 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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