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POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO: Young Men Dancing around a Woman

🖼 Young Men Dancing around a Woman, c. 1525
Red chalk
222 × 186 cm
Milan, Italy

Swirling figures in classical drapery encircle a central woman in fluid, rhythmic composition. Polidoro captures antique revelry through dynamic line and graceful movement, reflecting Renaissance fascination with Greco-Roman subject matter and festive ceremonial life.

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E. H. Gombrich
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