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Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)

1560–1609
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)
  • Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
  • Date: 1560–1609
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or charcoal, scribbles in a darker brown ink at upper right (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash (verso)
  • Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (12.8 x 24 cm) maximum, arch-shaped
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.204.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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