Study for the Duel between Heraclius and Khosrau (recto); Sketches of Seated Figure (verso)

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," Apr. 12-June 22, 1997.

Publications

Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), p. 93, no. 117 (ill.).

Quick Overview

Artist: Niccolò Circignani, called Il Pomarancio / Italian, 1514/24-after 1597
Date: 1582
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and pale brown wash, with black chalk (recto) and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 27.5 × 26.6 cm (10 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink with wash
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1922.695

Provenance

The Art Institute of Chicago’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.