Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])
Francesco Primaticcio
1541/45
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Medium
Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
21.9 × 15.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)
Classification
wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
136980
About the Artist
Francesco Primaticcio · 1504–1570
Primaticcio was the most influential Italian artist in France in the 16th century. Together with Rosso Fiorentino they created a style of mixing stucco decoration with mannerist paintings that became known as the Fontainebleau school. Italian painter, architect and sculptor. Comment on works: Religious; Allegory; History.