Prometheus Taking Fire From Olympus
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1700
- Dimensions
- 44.6 × 31.8 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Ludovico Cardi
Artist
Painting
Lodovico or Ludovico Cardi, also known as Cigoli, was an Italian painter and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque period, trained and active in his early career in Florence, and spending the last nine years of his life in Rome.
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1601 · Red and black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Scene with Soldiers
1587 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue laid paper
Record
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- Ludovico Cardi
- Year
- 1700
- Dimensions
- 44.6 × 31.8 cm (17 9/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1700-328626
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified