
AT-00019218
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Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) (Spanish, Játiva 1591–1652 Naples)
- Date
- 1591–1652
- Medium
- Red chalk and brush and red wash on beige paper. Composition outlined on all borders with ruled lines in black chalk
- Dimensions
- 6-1/4 x 11 in. (15.9 x 27.9 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1972
- Accession no.
- 1972.77
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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