Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence

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 5-9/16 in. (25.6 x 14.1 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession Number:
64.179
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Annotated in pen and brown ink at lower right, P.D.V. Written on verso of mat in graphite: 1664 Isaacs/15 1/1

    Marking: Collector's mark of Count (?) Gelosi stamped on lower left recto of sheet; sticker on verso of mat: E 4220.

  • Provenance

    Commendatore Gelosi, Turin ; Professor John Isaacs (London); Sotheby's, London, Ferbruary 27, 1964, no. 15

  • References

    Jacob Bean, Felice Stampfle Drawings from New York Collections, Vol. I: The Italian Renaissance. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 1, New York, 1965, cat. no. 87, fig. no. 87, p. 57, ill.

    Walter Vitzthum "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Drawings from New York Collections." The Burlington Magazine. 108, (Feb. 1966). London, 1966, p. 110.

    Eraldo Gaudioso " " in Bollettino d'arte. 61, 1-2, 1976, p. 32.

    Richard Harprath Papst Paul III. als Alexander der Grosse. Das Freskenprogramm der Sala Paolina in der Engelsburg. New York, Berlin, 1978, fig. no. pl. 72, p. 73, ill.

    Eraldo Gaudioso, Filippa M. Aliberti "Gli affreschi di Paolo III a Castel Sant'Angelo. Progetto ed esecuzione. 1543-1548.". Rome, 1981, cat. no. 81, p. 135, ill.

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th and 16th Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, cat. no. 168, fig. no. 168, pp. 174-75, ill.

    Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat.: February 16 - April 17. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, . New York, 1983.

    Drawings by Raphael and his Circle, from British and North American Collections. Exh. cat., Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, October 7, 1987 - January 3,1988. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987, cat. no. 78, ill.

    Carmen C. Bambach, Nadine Orenstein, William M. Griswold, Allegra Pesenti Genoa: Drawings and Prints, 1530-1800 Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, cat. no. 112, p. 94.



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