Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Allegorical Figure of Charity

Alessandro Maganza
1556-approximately 1630

Allegorical Figure of Charity

5 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (132 x 213 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper.
1993.330

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso (visible through lining), in pen and brown ink, "In il medesma il simulacro deto inteso / mentre u'adorna il crin dei raggi suoi".
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, Marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department