Studies for The Allegories of Love, Paolo Veronese, 1570–75

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Studies for The Allegories of Love, 1570–75, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, 12 5/8 x 8 3/4in. (32 x ), Drawings, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice), Drawn with awesome rapidity and a dazzling economy of means, this sheet of sketches attests to Veronese's extraordinary powers of invention as a storyteller. Here, he explored a variety of solutions to motifs that he later used in four canvases of the 'Allegories of Love' painted around 1575 (National Gallery, London

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