Eight Soldiers Engaged in Fencing Exercises

INV-1090

c. 1541

etchingprint

Date

c. 1541

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 3.1 × 17.6 cm (1 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 3.4 × 17.9 cm (1 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

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