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Polidoro da Caravaggio

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WA-00286368

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WikidataQ964822 ULAN500032941

Europeana

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0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyUnknown· 20%
Birth yearUnknown· 20%
Death yearUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (1)

Europeanahttp://data.europeana.eu/agent/150556
Tier 2 · Strong source85%

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Artworks (11)

Two Roman Warriors with She-Wolf, Romulus, and Remus

1780 · Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, prepared with a brown wash and squared in white chalk, laid down on cream card

32.5 × 26.8 cm (12 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flight of Celia

1580 · Black chalk and brush and brown wash on tan laid paper

22.2 × 34.2 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Turning Phineus and his Followers to Stone

1567 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

20.4 × 48.7 cm (8 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1533 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

28.6 × 41.2 cm (11 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies for an Altarpiece with the Virgin Enthroned, Attended by Four Saints (recto); Various Figure Studies, Some Possibly for a Deposition of Christ (verso)

1530 · Pen and brown ink, some brush and brown wash

7-15/16 x 11-3/4 in. (20.2 x 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant John the Baptist

1520 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and grayish brown wash over black chalk with white heightening, traces of squaring in pen and brown ink (especially evident at lower right and lower left).

sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 in. (17.7 x 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Turning Left; Male Nude Blowing Trumpet

1519 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on green wove paper

21 × 19.7 cm (8 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frieze with Eight Putti

1519 · Pen and brown ink and brush and red chalk wash on cream laid paper

10.6 × 32.9 cm (4 3/16 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Battle of the Amazons

1519 · Black chalk, with brush and brown wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

21.9 × 51.2 cm (8 5/8 × 20 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Staande heilige (Angelo Carmelitano?) met crucifix

1502 · brush on ink, paper

height: 168 cm, width: 78 cm

Rijksmuseum

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

1494 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

15 7/8 x 9 5/16 in. (40.3 x 23.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 36 catalogued · 36 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
The Met
3 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 25 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

5 entries · 2 sources

The Adoration of the Shepherds
1533 · AIC · 4 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
Staande heilige (Angelo Carmelitano?) met crucifix
1502 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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