Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence, Perino del Vaga, 1501–47

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Study for Allegorical Figure of Prudence, 1501–47, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, 10 1/16 x 5 9/16in. ( x ), Drawings, Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome), 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

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