Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above), Perino del Vaga, 1520


Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above), 1520, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in black chalk, on brownish paper. The empty triangular corners are tinted in gray-green wash, the right diagonal border tinted in gray wash, 8 7/8 x 10 1/16in. ( x ), Drawings, Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome), One of the first independent projects Perino del Vaga undertook after the death of his master Raphael in 1520 was the decoration in fresco of the Pucci chapel in the Roman Church of Trinità dei Monti for the powerful Florentine cardinal Lorenzo Pucci (1458-1531


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