A Lion in Profile Facing to the Left ("Leo")

Giulio Romano Italian

n.d.

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Title: A Lion in Profile Facing to the Left ("Leo")
Artist: Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (13.3 x 15.8 cm) maximum; silhouetted
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Katrin Bellinger, 2008
Object Number: 2008.178.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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