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A Soldier in Ancient Roman Costume with Pike and Shield
1572/1573
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black chalk
- Dimensions
- sheet: 40.64 × 19.05 cm (16 × 7 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2019.75.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Lattanzio Gambara. A Soldier in Ancient Roman Costume with Pike and Shield. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Soldier in Ancient Roman Costume with Pike and Shield — Lattanzio Gambara. 1572/1573.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue laid paper, squared in black chalk.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 40.64 × 19.05 cm (16 × 7 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2019.75.1. Purchased as the Gift of Joan and David Maxwell.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.