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Battle of the Horatii

(Italian, c. 1499–1546)
about 1538
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on light tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 27.7 x 47.8 cm (10 7/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz
Accession number2008.1699
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto, in ink, l.r.: Julio Romano
ProvenanceFürst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen; by descent to Fürst von Hohenzollern-Hechingen family; to private collection (Canada); to Gallery Kekko, (Toronto, Canada); to Christie's, July 2, 1996, lot 90 (London, England); acquired by Jeffrey E. Horvitz; by whom given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession date: January 21, 2009)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
St. Gregory the Great
Unidentified artist, Spanish, 17th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
Unidentified artist, Italian, 17th century
About 1600–20
The Virgin and Child
Maria Theresa Coriolano
1630 or after