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Giorgio Vasari
1511-1574
Allegory of Faith
ca. 1554-1556
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; squared in black chalk.
4 13/16 x 4 5/8 inches (122 x 120 mm)
Purchased with the assistance of Mr. & Mrs. Leonardo Mondadori.
1989.39
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Watermark: none.
Preparatory drawing for a ceiling in the Palazzo Almeni, Florence, executed by Vasari and his workshop in the 1550s.
Provenance:
Galerie Sabrina Förster, Düsseldorf; from whom purchased.
Associated names:
Witte, Pieter de, approximately 1548-1628, Formerly attributed to.
Mondadori, Leonardo, donor.
Mondadori, Leonardo, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography:
Selected references: Saarbrücken 1997, 55, 58; Munich 1997, 110; Härb 2015, 485-486, no. 315; New York 2019, 59-60.
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