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Male Nudes Fighting

Male Nudes Fighting

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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
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
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
Published References T.P.L., "A Drawing by Bartolomeo Passarotti," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bulletin (March 1972): 6-7, illus. Höper, Corinna. Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529-1592), Teil I. (Worms: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1987), p. 140.
Catalogue raisonnéHöper Z122

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