PISANELLO
(b. 1395, Pisa, d. 1455, Roma)

Studies of Emperor John VIII Paleologus and His Entourage (verso)

1438-39
Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper, 265 x 189 mm
Art Institute, Chicago

The verso of the double-sided sheet shows studies of weapons. This sheet and another, now in the Musée du Louvre, once formed facing pages of an album.




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