Fighting Horsemen, c. 1565-1566, Luca Cambiaso or his workshop, Italian (Genoa), Italian (Genoa), 1527 - 1585, 9 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet)19 3/4 × 23 3/4 in. ( × cm) (outer frame), Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, Italy, 16th century, The virtuoso draftsman Luca Cambiaso was the leading artist of 16th-century Genoa. He was so prolific that his wife and his servant reportedly stoked the fire with his drawings. Even so, thousands of studies by his hand survive, more than by any other Renaissance artist

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