A Princess Captured by Roman Soldiers Outside the Walls of a Town
DrawingsItalian15th century

A Princess Captured by Roman Soldiers Outside the Walls of a Town

c. 1490

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown ink, with touches of red chalk, on off-white antique laid paper
Culture
Italian
Century
15th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

7.7 × 19.7 cm (3 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (by 1933), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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