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Two Nymphs Carrying a Third
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Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of white corrections. Black chalk shading probably added by a later hand.

Dimensions

9 1/8 x 11 in. (23.2 x 27.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco Primaticcio

1504–1570France

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.