Two Warriors, One Standing, The Other Clinging to a Tree
1599–1661
Medium
Red chalk, reworked with pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on light-brown paper. The verso has been rubbed entirely with red chalk, possibly for transfer, although there are no stylus indentations
Dimensions
9-5/16 x 5-15/16 in. (23.7 x 15.1 cm); remeasure for maximum
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge Gift, 1969
Accession Number
69.21
Tags
About the Artist
Andrea Sacchi · 1599–1661
Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History