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Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

A work made of brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper.

Date:

1541/45

Artist:

Francesco Primaticcio
Italian, 1504-1570

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francesco Primaticcio

Title

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1541–1545

Medium

Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, upper center, in brush and white gouache: "Bologne"; lower right, in pen and brown ink: "127"

Dimensions

21.9 × 15.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Reference Number

1995.21

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