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Allegory of Faith

Giorgio Vasari
1511-1574

Allegory of Faith

4 13/16 x 4 5/8 inches (122 x 120 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper; squared in black chalk.
1989.39

Purchased with the assistance of Mr. & Mrs. Leonardo Mondadori.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Preparatory drawing for a ceiling in the Palazzo Almeni, Florence, executed by Vasari and his workshop in the 1550s.
Formerly attributed to Peter Candid, also known as Pieter de Witte. Bruges ca. 1548-1628 Munich
Associated names
Candid, Peter, 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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department