Two gladiators

Title

Two gladiators

Draughtsman

• Cristoforo Roncalli ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite?
• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Roman

Production Reason

• composition study
• study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• nude

Primary

• 33B3 fighting
• 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
• 31A(+54) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ kneeling)
• 31A(+2) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ back view)

Alternative Attribution

• Giovanni Battista Naldini draughtsman; by note on mount