Sacrifice of a Bull
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
25.1 × 13.7 cm (9 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
Classification
ink and wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23539
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.