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Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded battle with rearing horses, muscular nude warriors, and a fallen figure on ivory paper.

Battle between Cavalry and Foot Soldiers

A dense pen and brown ink drawing of a battle scene, with nude and semi-nude warriors crowding around rearing horses and a fallen figure at lower center. Hatched contour lines model the bodies, and faint graphite traces show beneath the ink on warm ivory laid paper.

Artist
Girolamo Genga
Date
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1175 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1599).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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