Art Institute of Chicago
The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso)
Attributed to Prospero Fontana
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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