Ajax lower left holding a shield aloft, at the right stands Agamemnon surrounded by his soldiers

Niccolò Vicentino|Polidoro da Caravaggio

1540–50 · Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in gray · Drawings and Prints

This print is from a scrapbook (album) containing woodcuts and chiaroscuro prints. It was presumably taken apart when it was acquired by The Met in 1922. On the front page of the volume there appeared a statement that this collection was made by the poet Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) and then bought by Angela Coutts (1816-1906) in memory of him at the sale of the collection at his house (28 April – 20 May, 1856). #1615a Rogers Sale. #146 Burdett Coutts Sale (Sotheby’s, May 1922). The prints from the original album have the range 22.73.3-1–22.73.3-161.

Artist

Niccolò Vicentino|Polidoro da Caravaggio

Date

1540–50

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in gray

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922