Paolo Farinati
Mithridates, King of Pontus
About this artwork
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title:Mithridates, King of Pontus
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accession number:D 1598
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materials:Pen, brown ink and wash over black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper, laid down
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:41.80 x 28.20 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Paolo Farinati
Paolo Farinati
Farinati was born in Verona and became the city’s leading painter in the later part of the sixteenth century after his compatriot Paolo Veronese moved to Venice in the early 1550s. Farinati was not only a successful painter, but also a prolific and accomplished draughtsman. According to Vasari, Farinati was…
