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The Medici Vase

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on cream laid paper
34.2 × 26.6 cm (13.5 × 10.5 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This ancient marble vase—depicted by an unknown artist working in Italy—was owned by the Medici family and became a popular work for draftsmen to copy. Stefano della Bella made a famous etching after the same piece (1972.776).

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