Frieze with Male Figures and Two Horses
mid-16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash.
Dimensions
7 3/4 x 15 in. (19.7 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.407
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, you'll discover *Frieze with Male Figures Two Horses*, a captivating mid-16th-century by Polidoro daaggio. Created with pen and brown ink heightened by brown wash on a modest 7 3/4 x 15-inch sheet, this work evokes the grandeur of ancient Roman processions. Polidoro, a pupil of Raphael and a key figure in Roman Mannerism, was renowned for facade frescoes on buildings like the Palazzo Milesi where he masterfully imitated classical stone reliefs using illusionistic monochrome techniques. This frieze-like composition, bus...
About the Artist
Polidoro da Caravaggio · 1492–present
Polidoro Caldara, known as Polidoro da Caravaggio, was born around 1499 in Caravaggio, Lombardy, and emerged as one of the most innovative painters of the early Mannerist period. Arriving in Rome circa 1515 as an untrained laborer hauling plaster for the Vatican Logge decorations, he quickly caught the eye of Raphael's key assistant, Maturino da Firenze. By 1517, Polidoro had joined Raphael's work...