Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor by Polidoro da Caravaggio

Medium

Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk or leadpoint; partial framing line

Dimensions

6 11/16 x 9 in. (17 x 22.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Regina Slatkin

Accession Number

63.712.82

Tags

ArmorOrnamentFemale Nudes

About the Artist

Polidoro da Caravaggio · 1492present

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...

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