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Drawing, Frieze, Combat of Animals, preparatory drawing for fresco at the Palazzo Borri, Parma

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoja and attributions: Lelio Orsi. It is dated 1563–68 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brown wash support: white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

8.5 x 24.3 cm (3 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Frieze, Combat of Animals, preparatory drawing for fresco at the Palazzo Borri, Parma; Jacopo Zanguidi Bertoja (1544 – 1574); Attributions: Lelio Orsi (1511 – 1587); Italy; pen and brown ink, brown wash support: white wove paper; 8.5 x 24.3 cm (3 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council; 1958-156-1

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