Who created "Three Roman Soldiers"?

Three Roman Soldiers was created by Giovanni da Bologna in n.d..

Three Roman Soldiers

Q: What medium is "Three Roman Soldiers"?

Three Roman Soldiers is Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.

Giovanni da Bologna

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

38.7 × 12.1 cm (15 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

Classification

ink and wash

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

82560

Art Historical Context

Giovanni da Bologna, the renowned Flemish-Italian sculptor also known as Giambologna1529–1608), masterfully captures dynamic energy in *Three Roman Soldiers*, a preparatory drawing likely sketched for one of his grand sculptural projects. Active in Renaissance Florence under Medici patronage, da Bologna was a leading figure in Mannerism, favoring elongated forms, twisting poses, and dramatic tension—qualities vividly evident here in the soldiers' armored figures, poised in a narrow, frieze-like composition that evokes ancient Roman reliefs. Executed in pen and brown ink with brush and brown w...

Three Roman Soldiers

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