A Janissary "of War" with a Lion
Jacopo Ligozzi · Italian
Date: ca. 1577–80
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gold paint, gum arabic, and burnishing
Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 13/16in. (28.2 x 22.4cm)
Classification: Drawings
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1997
Date range
1572 – 1585
Largest dimension
22.4 cm
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