The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens
Cesare Nebbia
1570s
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in red chalk. Traces of framing lines in pen and darker brown ink
Dimensions
10-3/16 x 10-3/8 in. (25.9 x 26.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2000
Accession Number
2000.320
Tags
MenWomenAthenaPoseidonHorses
About the Artist
Cesare Nebbia · 1536–1614
Italian painter. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits