The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

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Artist: Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536–1614 Orvieto)
Date: 1570s
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in red chalk; traces of framing lines in pen and darker brown ink
Dimensions: 10-3/16 x 10-3/8 in. (25.9 x 26.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2000
Accession no.: 2000.320

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Standing Figure of a Warrior King
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020690
Banquet Scene: A Seated Warrior Attended by a Number of Servants (recto); Back View of a Standing Man in a Long Cloak (verso)
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020691
The Assumption of the Virgin
Cesare Nebbia
1536–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020702
Saint Mathew and the Angel
Cesare Nebbia
1556–1614 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020703

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