Polidoro da Caravaggio

Mucius Scaevola Putting His Hand in the Flame before Porsenna

n.d.
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on brown laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper
17.8 × 21.5 cm (7 × 8.5 in)

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