Currently not on view
Scene from Roman History (From the Façade of the Palazzo Milesi)
after Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499–1543; born Caravaggio; died Messina
1997-60
Information
Title
Scene from Roman History (From the Façade of the Palazzo Milesi)
Maker
Medium
Red chalk with white lead heightening, partially oxidized, on tan paper
Dimensions
40.1 × 24.2 cm. (15 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III, in memory of Alphaeus Hyatt Mayor, Class of 1922, George Rodney Meneely, Class of 1933, and Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule Jr., Class of 1917
Object Number
1997-60
Inscription
Inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: 12/19 TAN; left
center, in graphite: B1450; lower right, in graphite: 13
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Letter or column inside a three-pointed shield over three mountains
Culture
Type
Subject
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., pp. 205–206
- Laura Giles, Lia Markey, Claire Van Cleave, et. al., Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2014)., p. 44, cat. no. 17; p. 45 (illus.); p. 46 (verso illus.); p. 257-258, app. no. 86; p. 258 (illus.)
