Ajax, lunging at lower left holding a shield aloft in his left hand, with Agamemnon surrounded by his soldiers at right

Niccolò Vicentino Italian

After Polidoro da Caravaggio Italian

Publisher Andrea Andreani Italian

1608

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Title: Ajax, lunging at lower left holding a shield aloft in his left hand, with Agamemnon surrounded by his soldiers at right
Artist: Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active ca. 1510–ca. 1550)
Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
Publisher: Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantua 1558/1559–1629)
Date: 1608
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in gray ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 16 3/4 in. (32.1 × 42.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Object Number: 17.50.8
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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