DETAILS
- Artist
- Francesco Primaticcio
- Date
- 1535
- Medium
- Engraving
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Sheet (trimmed): 7 15/16 × 5 11/16 in. (20.2 × 14.5 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
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