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Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence

1501–47
Not on view
This drawing of a graceful figure in diaphanous, billowing drapery relates to a fresco in the Sala Paolina, the papal reception hall in Castel Sant’Angelo decorated by Perino and his workshop between 1543 and 1548. It is a study for Prudence, one of the female personifications of the Virtues who appear in niches between the monumental renderings of scenes from the life of Alexander the Great . Like the study for Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot in the Museum's collection (1984.413), the drawing would have been used as a model by Perino’s assistants, who were charged with carrying out his ideas.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence
  • Artist: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
  • Date: 1501–47
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk
  • Dimensions: 10 1/16 x 5 9/16in. (25.6 x 14.1cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.179
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries, Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian, Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache
Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries
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ca. 1532–35
Lobster-Tail Burgonet, Steel, leather, gold, North Italian
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Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso), Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) Italian, Pen and brown ink, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, brush with touches of brown wash, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (verso)
Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso)
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1435–38
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) Italian, Oil on wood
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
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ca. 1524–26
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