Seated Warrior Between Two Figures
1526–78
Medium
Pen and brown ink, squared in black chalk
Dimensions
9 9/16 x 6 7/8 in. (24.3 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.148(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the heart of the Renaissance, Italian artist Giambattista Zelotti (active 1526–78), a Bolognese master of draftsmanship, created *Seated Warrior Between Two Figures*. This intimate drawing, executed in pen and brown ink with black chalk squaring, measures just 9 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches and dates to the artist's productive mid-16th-century career. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies the era's fascination with dynamic human forms, blending muscular warriors with graceful female nudes—a nod to classical antiquity revived in Italian art. The sq...