Ancient Roman Warriors Riding into Battle

c. 1597

Antoine Caron

Artist, French, 1521 - 1599

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with brown wash, heightened with white gouache on light brown laid paper, with later framing line in brown ink

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 26.4 x 39.2 cm (10 3/8 x 15 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.10.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Samuel Wagstaff, Jr., New York (1921-1987); private collection (sale, Christie's, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 102); NGA purchase via Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London in 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 38-39, 275-276, no. 10 (color).

Bibliography

1990

  • Christies, OLD MASTER DRWGS, NY: 1/10/90, 102 (illus.).

Watermarks

cluster of grapes (similar to Heawood 2168 and Briquet 13160)

Wikidata ID

Q64536214


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