Story of Niobe: Priests and Worshippers before a Statue of Niobe
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and red wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), over black chalk, on tan laid paper
Dimensions
13.9 × 35.1 cm (5 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
ink with wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114931
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...