Battle Scene, pen and brown ink drawing attributed to Giulio Romano

A long horizontal drawing in brown ink and wash shows a dense frieze of mounted warriors, horses, and foot soldiers fighting across the width of the sheet. Figures overlap in dynamic clusters, with rearing horses and raised weapons, set within a framed rectangular border.

Artist

Giulio Romano

Date

1524–46

Medium

Pen and brown-black ink, brush and wash on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 1143 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum