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Camillus about to add his sword to the tribute c.1550
Pen and ink, wash, white heightening (partly discoloured), over black chalk, on pale blue paper | 19.8 x 22.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905476
After Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543)
Camillus about to add his sword to the tribute c.1550
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A group of soldiers around a table laden with precious vessels; Camillus, right, about to add his sword to the tribute paid by the Romans to the victorious Gauls under Brennus. Copied from a chiaroscuro frescoed by Polidoro on a house in Montecavallo, near Sant'Agata, Rome (no longer extant), as described by Vasari (Milanesi V, p. 146).
Popham (1949) suggested Girolamo da Carpi as the copyist; Ravelli (1978) concurred, with reference to a drawing at Christ Church, Oxford (inv. 1584). -
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Pen and ink, wash, white heightening (partly discoloured), over black chalk, on pale blue paper
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19.8 x 22.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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