Classical Battle Scene; Verso: Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Provenance

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Artist: Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague)
Date: ca. 1590
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over red chalk on blue paper. Partially visible framing lines in pen and brown ink on left and bottom edges
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. (24.5 x 33.9 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell Fund and funds from various donors, 2001
Accession no.: 2001.107a, b

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