Two Warriors, One Standing, The Other Clinging to a Tree

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Artist: Andrea Sacchi (Italian, Rome (?) ca. 1599–1661 Rome)
Date: 1599–1661
Medium: Red chalk, reworked with pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, on light-brown paper. The verso has been rubbed entirely with red chalk, possibly for transfer, although there are no stylus indentations
Dimensions: 9-5/16 x 5-15/16 in. (23.7 x 15.1 cm); remeasure for maximum
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge Gift, 1969
Accession no.: 69.21

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.