Circle of Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio (1490-1543)
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Circle of Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio (1490-1543)
Perseus turning Phineus and his Soldiers to Stone
with inscription 'Polidoro. Caravaggio'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash
134 x 245mm.
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Adapted in reverse from the fresco formerly in the Casino del Bufalo, now in the Museo di Roma, for further copies see L. Ravelli, Polidoro Caldara Da Caravaggio, Bergamo, 1978, nos. 567-79