The Capitoline Eagle, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1601/1602
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The Capitoline Eagle

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)

c. 1601/1602

Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 21.7 x 27.5 cm (8 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Emile E. Wolf
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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