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Prospero Fontana

Italian, 1512

Bologna

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso)

1532 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper

16.8 × 12.8 cm (6 5/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Allegory: Female Figure with a Compass, God the Father Seated on Clouds, and a Demon

1512 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

4-13/16 x 3-11/16 in. (12.3 x 9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

An Allegory: Male Nude in a Stable with Four Wild Horses

1507 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink

4-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. (11.4 x 8.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso) (Art Institute of Chicago)

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