Art Institute of Chicago
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone
After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da CaravaggioLinkedCulture matchlcp-6010933f89e7
- Date
- 1567
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 42454
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard E. Danielson
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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