The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens, 1570s, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk; squared in red chalk. Traces of framing outlines in pen and darker brown ink, 10-3/16 x 10-3/8 in. (25.9 x 26.4 cm), Drawings, Cesare Nebbia (Italian, Orvieto ca. 1536–1614 Orvieto), As Rhoda Eitel-Porter and Alberto Satoli pointed out, this drawing relates to Cesare Nebbia's partly destroyed fresco in the 'Salone della Caminata' of the Palazzo Simoncelli (Torre San Severo, near Orvieto), painted possibly in the 1570's
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Contest, Athena, Poseidon, Possession, Athens, 1570s, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, traces, leadpoint, black chalk, squared, red, Traces, framing outlines, pen, darker brown, 10-3/16 x 10-3/8, 25.9 26.4 cm, Drawings, Cesare Nebbia, Italian, Orvieto ca., 1536–1614, Orvieto, Rhoda, Eitel-Porter, Alberto Satoli, pointed, out, drawing relates, partly destroyed, fresco, Salone della, Caminata, Palazzo Simoncelli, Torre San, Severo, painted, 1570'
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