Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation

Catalogue

Year
1541
Dimensions
21.9 × 15.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)

Artist

Francesco Primaticcio
Francesco Primaticcio

Painting

Francesco Primaticcio was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.

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