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Tritons and Nymphs

Pellegrino Tibaldi

Artist, Italian, 1527 - 1596

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk
Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

overall (approximate): 11.6 x 16.2 cm (4 9/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Accession

1984.3.65

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (VLV or WV?); Julius S. Held, Old Bennington, VT; NGA purchase in 1984.

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

Exhibition History

1970

Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 134.

1981

Gli Affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo, Progetto ed esecuzione, 1543-1548, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, 1981-1982, no. 100 (as Tibaldi).

Wikidata ID

Q64536898

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