The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter

Provenance

Benjamin West; Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445); (Samuel Woodburn); Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (Lust 2710b); by descent in his family (sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1972, no. 48); (Richard Day, London); NGA purchase in 1973.

The Sacrifice of a Goat to Jupiter

Giulio Romano

c. 1527/1528

Accession Number

1973.47.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall: 28.9 x 20.9 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.) | support: 42.5 x 34.5 cm (16 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund