Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

Provenance

Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris; sold, Paris, April 10-May 13, 1741, Crozat sale, among lots 399-410. Sold, Sotheby's, London, July 6, 1992, lot 20. Sold by Yves Mikaeloff, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1995.

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

Francesco Primaticcio

1541/45

Accession Number

136980

Medium

Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper

Dimensions

21.9 × 15.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)

Classification

wash

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation