Bartolommeo Passarotti
Male Nudes Fighting

ArtistItalian (Bolognese), 1529–1592
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Male Nudes Fighting
Datec. 1565–1570
PlaceItaly
MediumPen and brown ink on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/16 × 14 1/8 in. (28.1 × 35.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number71.9
Non exposé

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Provenance[Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, by 1970]; purchased by MFAH, 1971.
Exhibition History"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017
Catalogue raisonnéHöper Z122

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