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Story of Niobe: Priests and Worshippers before a Statue of Niobe

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and red wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), over black chalk, on tan laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and red wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), over black chalk, on tan laid paper.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio
Italian, c. 1499-c. 1543

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Title

Story of Niobe: Priests and Worshippers before a Statue of Niobe

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

Date

1600–1699

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and red wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), over black chalk, on tan laid paper

Dimensions

13.9 × 35.1 cm (5 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1993.248.1812

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