Vertical rectangle. Recto: the available space is nearly filled with the figures of christ, pilate, two soldiers and a crowd. A man and part of the temple in the background, left. At the right edge, part of the framing line of another design. Verso: horizontally: zeuxis sits in the center of a room, painting. At left is a platform with a girl posing. It is surrounded by two seated girls and a standing one. The latter combs her hair. The fifth girl watches zeuxis at work. An old man apparently grinds colors at a table in the right foreground. Caption: "apollo ? s. Fanciuli. " "apollo" has been struck out and "zeusi" written under it. Below framing line, near the lower edge part of the upper framing line of another design. Date: circa 1590. Dimensions: 9.9 × 7 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.). Medium: gray wash, pen and ink, wash on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Page of a sketchbook; Zeuxis painting Helen; Ecce Homo, ca. 1590 (CH 18117851-2)
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