Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)

Giorgio Vasari, 1550–70

Artist

Giorgio Vasari (Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence)

Date

1550–70

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over an underdrawing done with traces of black chalk, ruling, and compass-work in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)

Size

Sheet: 16 9/16 x 9 15/16 in. (42.1 x 25.3 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed