Study of Two Male Figures Fighting.
Luca Cambiaso
mid-16th century
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink over traces of graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/16 in. (31.1 x 21.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. Harry Friedman, 1957
Accession Number
57.658.291
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Luca Cambiaso · 1527–1585
Luca Cambiaso (1527–1585) was an Italian painter and draftsman who dominated artistic life in Genoa during the second half of the sixteenth century and became one of the most innovative draftsmen of the Late Renaissance. Born in Moneglia near Genoa, he trained under his father, the painter Giovanni Cambiaso, and demonstrated precocious talent, reportedly completing his first public fresco commissi...