Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto)

Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1501–1547) · c. 1545/47

pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash; framing lines in gold paint
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This artist was in Rome in 1527 when the troops of Charles V sacked the city, and was imprisoned and forced to pay a heavy ransom for his, his wife's, and his daughter's safe release.

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