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    AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (C. 1499-1543)

    Washerwomen

    c.1853-1876

    Albumen print | 10.4 x 15.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854390

    A photograph of a red chalk drawing by Polidoro da Caravaggio now in the Musée Atger, Montpellier (inv. MA 375v). This drawing is on the verso of a sheet depicting two washerwomen with a view of Castle St Angelo and the dome of a church (a photograph of the recto can be found at RCIN 854391).

    This drawing has been dated c. 1523-1526.

    • Creator(s)

      After Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543) (draughtsman)

    • 10.4 x 15.0 cm (sheet of paper)

    • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
    • Other number(s)

      Ruland p.326 B.XLII.1

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