A Battle on Horseback
1510s
Artist, Venetian, before 1500 - 1564

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 19 × 31 cm (7 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2022.75.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir Peter Lely [1618 - 1680] London (Lugt 2092). William Rudolf, Hampden, CT; bequest to NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Campagnola; by later hand, center verso in graphite: Covered with [not deciphered] paper; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Polidoro called Caravaggio 1498 - 1545 / fr. Sir Peter Lely's Coll; fr. Sir Peter Lely's Coll; by later hand in graphite: rough tracing of watermark
Markings
Sir Peter Lely [1618 - 1680] London (Lugt 2092)
Watermarks
three hills(?) in a circle with a Latin cross above