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Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

1500–1537
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page
  • Artist: Jörg Breu the Elder (German, Augsburg 1480–1537 Augsburg)
  • Date: 1500–1537
  • Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash. Framing line in pen and black ink.
  • Dimensions: diameter: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.446
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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