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Perino del Vaga

Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto)

c. 1545/47
pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash; framing lines in gold paint

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This artist was in Rome in 1527 when the troops of Charles V sacked the city, and was imprisoned and forced to pay a heavy ransom for his, his wife's, and his daughter's safe release.

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