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Rape of Proserpina
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Rape of Proserpina

Unknown Artist, Italian, mid-16th century · 1550/59 · Pen and black ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (oxidized), on lunette-shaped cream laid paper prepared with yellow wash, squared in graphite, laid down on cream laid card

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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ink with washsquaring (transferring technique)paper (fiber product)graphitelead whiteopaque white pigmentwhite pigmentpigmentcolorantblack inkcolored inkink
Credit lineRape of Proserpina. 1550/59. Unknown Artist, Italian, mid-16th century. The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection. CC0.
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