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230 Items in this Learning Collection
Leaf from a Gradual
A double-sided illuminated manuscript leaf with one column of seven staffs containing brown ink notes and Latin blackletter script. Some red rubrication is present. A large illuminated initial “S” is found on the verso, decorated with vegetal and floral forms in blue, green, scarlet, and gold leaf.
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Double-sided Pendant with the Annunciation and the Resurrection
Side A: Etched pendant lined with gilt border with image of two figures, male and female.<br /> Side B: One main figure with a staff surrounded by many figures.
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Corselet Bearers
This print shows a procession of men walking from right to left across the foregound of the picture.They are dressed in short tunics and have laurel wreaths on their heads and some have swords.Some carry poles on which there are breast plates and helmets and some are holding litters piled with furniture, vessels and cups. There is an elephant that is partially shown at the far left.The background area is blank.<br /> There are traces of additional diagonal hatching marks that had been added at a later date; those lines have been removed.
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Tile

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Pietà (The Lamentation of the Virgin)

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Battle of the Sea Gods
This black and white print depicts an animated and detailed scene of nude figures and mythical beasts on the surface of the sea.Two men, with seaweed hair and riding half horse/half fish creatures, strike out at each other. A man and a woman ride a beast with a scaly body and the head of a fierce dog. In the background, a man holding a trident stands with his back to the viewer. Action and motion are expressed with billowing drapery, flowing hair and moving waves. The wide mouthed expressions of the figures and animals suggest yelling and noise in this chaotic scene. Among the many details depicted by the artist is a plaque held by the woman that has his initials.
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Majolica Platter

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Trapunto-work Coverlet, December 12th

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Brocatelle

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Cuttings from an illuminated manuscript consisting of several decorative border pieces, containing dolphins, cherubs, portrait cameos and the arms of Cardinal Antonio Pallavicini.

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Table

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Silk Brocatelle

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Handwoven Linen, Vest lining; Velvet; Embroiders, from a vest (Louis XVI)

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Basin

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Views of Rome. 118. The Aqueduct of Nero Leading to the Palatine: a Branch of the Aqua Claudia

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Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness

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Head and Hand

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Textile

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The Triumph of the Four Elements
Two horses pull a wagon carrying four female passengers in this small bronze plaque. The driver, a seated nude male with a cap takes the reins in his left hand and raises a whip in his right. Behind him sit two pairs of taller female figures, each wearing a long flowing mantle.
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The Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz being offered the crown of Armenia

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Hanging altar lamps

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Flap from a cope?

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Credenza
The front of this handsome oak credenza, or sideboard, is divided into halves by three pilasters. Each half is outfitted with a drawer and a door below. The decorative and functional components are artfully arranged across the front of the piece to form a balanced composition of repeated geometric shapes and harmonious proportions.
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Music-making Angels and Cherubs Adoring the Holy Spirit

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Study of the Hand of the Magdalene; Verso: Lower Half of a Male Nude

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Study of Figures

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Madonna and Child

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Epiphany

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Embroidered Panel

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Portrait of a Lady (Catherine de'Medici?)
Woamn facing left, white ruffled collar, brown coat, facing left.
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The Virgin and the Cradle
This sober, pyramidal composition consists of five figures within an interior. A seated woman and child occupy the center of the composition while flanking her to the left is a kneeling older woman with her left hand on the child her right hand on the cradle. To the right of the seated woman is a putti holding a ewer and standing next to a basin. Standing behind the seated woman is a standing woman with hands raised. All of the women are dressed in generalized classical drapery.
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Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano (outlet of Lake Albano), Tav. VII,

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Christ Healing the Lame Man (?)

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The Vision of St. Dominic

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Historiated Initial 'O' with St. John the Baptist

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Study for a Chapel in Vienna
This study depicts a rectangular chapel with the side walls bent outward at an angle in order to provide a clearer view of the decoration. The chapel design centers upon a sarcophagus placed beneath a painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, which are both set within a semicircular architectural projection that extends dynamically from the wall. On the left the pair of angels that support a large oval-shaped painting reach vigorously outward, their wings overlapping the pilasters. On the right appears another sarcophagus surmounted by a pair of putti. Leaning out from the oval niche above the sarcophagus is a female half-figure—probably a portrait of the deceased—making a gesture of devotion toward the altar.
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The Prophet Ezekiel, from the "Six Seers on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

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Madonna and Child with St. Thomas Aquinas and a Bishop Saint
This rectangular panel depicts four sacred figures rendered in dark hues with passages of vibrant red against a gold background. The upper edge of the gilded frame bears the prayer known as the &quot;Hail Mary&quot; (&quot;Ave Maria Gratia Plena Domin[us tecum]&quot;).
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The Gothic Arch, from the 'Carceri'

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Serpent Speaking to a Young Man
An engraving depicting a man sitting below an apple tree and conversing with a human-headed serpent. He is observed by a woman in drapery and a man who appears to be running away. In the distance there is a large fortified city.
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Allegory of Ancient and Modern Poetry

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Crucifixion
Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.
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Virgin of the Apocalypse
A woman dressed in a rose-colored robe with a blue mantle and flowing white veil stands on a silver crescent moon among a bank of dark clouds. A halo of stars encircles her head. She clasps both hands before her. The heads of two putti peak out from beneath her mantle next to her left hip. Her right foot treads upon a long serpent that curves back upon itself with an open mouth.
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Standing Soldier and Woman (Mars and Venus?)
This ink and chalk drawing on paper depicts two figures in Roman attire embracing. One is a woman and one is a man. They are standing in the right side of the drawing.<br />
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Kneeling Shepherd
A man in humble attire, shown in three-quarter view, is seen kneeling at the left side of the image; his hands are clasped in front of him in prayer. At the lower right is a sleeping lamb nestled into a schematically rendered background.
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Untitled (Head of an Old Man with a Long Beard)
This sheet is dominated by the head of an old man with a voluminous beard, seen in 3/4 view, with head turned to the figure's left. Grey tones dominate the drawing, and the suggestion of the man's hunched shoulders in the background increases the sense that he is leaning his head towards the viewer.
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Sheet of Studies with Male Portrait
A bust-length study of a bearded man appears on one side of this sheet. His torso faces frontally, but his head is turned in 3/4 profile to his left. He wears a shirt with a collar and a hat with a plume. The reverse of the sheet is filled with approximately 12 small sketches of heads, faces, limbs, and full-length figures. A sketch of a radial star shaped decorative pattern is on the right edge. In the middle of the sheet is a basket of fruit and flowers and in the upper left there is a drawing of a figure rowing a boat in a landscape. 
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Untitled (Sketch of a Woman Carrying a Bundle and Female Figures)
This ink sketch on paper contains a woman in the upper center hunched over with a bundle on her back. The lower half contains two female figures with an obscured female profile in between. On the left is a half-length figure of a woman seen from the back wearing a dress. In the center is the head of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf. On the right is a woman, drawn to her hemline, standing in three-quarters profile facing right, wearing a heavy robe.<br /> The reverse has a sketch of a young male turning to face slightly backward with left arm upraised.
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Untitled (Studies of Female Heads)
These ink sketches, on a portion of a larger sheet, depict different female heads, most ornamented with accessories. A study of a woman’s face in profile fills the upper left corner. Her hair is bound. A nearly frontal view of another woman’s face is at the center bottom of the sheet. She looks down to her left and wears a jeweled headpiece or crown. Three other smaller and more lightly sketched heads also appear on the sheet, two along the left edge and one on the right.
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Head of a Child
This drawing depicts the head of a boy looking slightly downward to his right in three-quarters profile.
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Veduta del Romano Campidoglio con Scalinata che va allla Chiesa d' Araceli

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Sibyl with a Child Holding a Torch
A woman sits in an interior holding a book in her right arm, which is propped upon a ledge. She reads by the light of a torch held by a child standing next to her. Print trimmed to image frame. Image was previously folded at center (multiple folds). Paper size: lh 27 3/5cm &amp; rh 27 4/5cm x tw 22 3/5cm bw 22 3/10cm.
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Study of a Standing Male Nude
A nude, muscular man, seen from behind, leans upon his left leg, which is propped on a rock. He grasps a stick for support with his left hand, while bending his torso to the right and looking downward. The lighting and colors vaguely suggest an outdoor environment.<br />
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Senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita), from Piranesi's Lapides Capitolini (1762)
Large double-folio print, with fold marks. Contains various monuments and their text from ancient Rome. Title plate beneath print indicates that the fragments were from ancient Rome and found in various ancient ruins, with the exception of fragment XLIX, currently (at time of print) in the collection of the Collegio Romano, a building then housing the Jesuits' Rome seminary.<br />Print is patched. Separate plate marks are visible between image and inscription. The image is patched from four segments, while the text below is patched from two segments. Paper bears no watermark. Folio fold marks are noted on copy in file. Large text portions read as follows: <br />Inscription 1 (in image plate, center): senatus populusque Romanus / monumenta marmorea magistratuum / triumphorumque ab urbe condita ad / tempora divi Augusti ruderibus in foro / egestis eruta impensa Al ex(andri) Farnesii card(inalis) / Pauli III Pont(ificis) Max(imi) nepot(is) in Capitolio p(osita) <br />Inscription 2 (in separate text plate attach
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Choir Book Page

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Carceri d'Inuenzione, Plate V

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Venduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo

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Venduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante

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Sibyl Seated with Tablet
A woman wearing long robes sits holding a pen in her right hand and props up a blank tablet in her lap. A putto helps support the table from behind and points toward the seated figure. A pot of ink with another pen appears next to his foot.
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Madonna and Child with a Bishop
A woman sits on the left holding a nude infant in her lap. An aureole of light radiates around her head as she looks downward toward the child, who returns her gaze. A bearded bishop wearing a miter and holding a crosier kneels before them on the right.
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Bust of the Virgin
This small print depicts a bust-length portrait of a woman within an oval frame. She turns slightly to her left and gazes downward. A bright halo encircles her head.
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Vue d'un Coin de Calais

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Amphitrite

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Untitled

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Madonna and Child
A woman in a red and blue dress is sitting in a woodland setting with a baby on her lap. The baby is holding a paper envelope (or a folded note), while her right hand is outstretched. Another small child crouches at her side. He holds a cross in his left hand, and pets a lamb with his right hand. 
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Presentation of Christ in the Temple
A crowd gathers around an altar in a Temple. The christ child is held by a bearded man, Simeon, on the right, while across the surface a woman kneels, holding a cage up to the altar. Behind the kneeling woman are Joseph (bald, in a large sleeved garment), Mary, and Anna (who is pointing to Mary).&nbsp;
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A Soldier Killing a Naked Man

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Detail of a Decorated Ceiling

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Back of an Ambassadorial Coach

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Second frontispiece for Volume II of 'Le antichita romane e d'Italia'

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Iscrizione del Mausole della Famiglia de' Plauzi a Ponte Lugano (XI of t. III, L

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Views of Rome. 129. S. Maria Degli Angeli. Interior. Formerly the Central Hall o

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Views of Rome. 75. The Waterfall at Tivoli

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Views of Rome. 73. So-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior With Two Fig

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Views of Rome. 27. The Harbour and Quay, Called the Ripa Grande

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Views of Rome. 104. The Trevi Fountain (La Fontana di Trevi)

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Views of Rome. 63. The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

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Views of Rome. 36. The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

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Views of Rome. 56. The Arch of Constantine

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Views of Rome. 30. The Castel S. Angelo

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Campo S. Salvatore e Scuola di S. Teodoro

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I principii del disegno. Series of 25, NO. 22. Head of an Old Man Crowned with

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Cavalier with lady on horseback

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Cavalier charging, sword in hand

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Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Commander on horseback giving orders

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Upright Ornament with Bull and Satyrs
This decorative image is organized along a vertical axis wtih fanciful creatures, grotesque heads, depictions of carved gems and harpies.
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The Plague
Left and right sides of print are seperated by an herm. The left side of the print is a darkened pseudo-interior, with light illimunating two female figures and dead lambs. The right side of the print is set in front of a barn(?) and features figures reacting to the body of a deceased woman in the foreground. BL 2/28/18
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Ornament Print: Military Trophies

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Ornament sheet with Jupiter and Ganymede, Pl. n. 9 from a series of 24 entitled

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Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican
This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.
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The Triumph of Plenty
This bronze plaque features a pair of oxen pulling a four-wheeled wagon with six passengers. The seated driver holds a rod in his right hand and a two-tined fork in his left. An older figure holding a flaming vessel stands behind him, followed by a seated figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel wreath. The next figure, seated in the middle of the cart, is an older female, nude to the waist, who holds a cornucopia full of fruit and raises her left hand to point skyward. Two smaller standing figures appear next, one holding a bowl of fruit. The final figure is a reclining female nude holding a flower in the crook of her right arm.
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Studies of Girls' Heads

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Studies of a Nude Child

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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Four Episodes in the Life of a Saint

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The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, with St. Jerome (?)

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The Raising of the Youth of Nain (Luke 7:11-17)

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The Crucifixion with St. Francis (?) and St. Jerome

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Academic Study of a Male Nude as Hercules

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Two Standing Female Figures

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Landscape View with Farm (recto) ; Standing Female Figure with SPQR Banner (verso)

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Studies of Putti; studies of a Female Saint and various heads

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The Coat of Arms of the Della Chiesa Family

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St. Dominic Distributing the Rosaries

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Lamentation

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The Alliance of Peace and Abundance
Two women in long robes stand arm in arm in a landscape. One figure holds an olive branch in her right hand, and her companion cradles a cornucopia against her hip.
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Crucifixion
From the height of a cross, a crucified man, wearing a crown of thorns and a loincloth, looms over a dramatic landscape. Three heads with wings appear near the top of the cross, and a skull and crossed bones lay at its base. A vast prospect of distant mountains and a bustling port unfolds through the background.
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Antique Vase

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Tapestry

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Damask

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Silk Panel

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Embroidery

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Velvet

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Double Cloth

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Double Cloth

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Damask

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Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration with Alternative Suggestions

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Study for a Ceiling with Allegorical Figures (recto); Architectural sketch (vers

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Two Seated Female Figures before a Rondel

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A variant of the same composition in reverse, in black chalk (verso)

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A Standing Franciscan Monk : Studies of Hands (recto) Studies for a man's left arm holding the neck of a stringed instrument; Draped torso of a man looking up (verso)

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Descent into Limbo

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A Roman Sacrifice

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Needlework

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Embroidery

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Velvet

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Velvet Chausable with embroidered panel of St. Paul

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Cisele Velvet

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Dish
This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
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Bird on a Bamboo Branch
The lower section of the fan has rocks and grasses with mushrooms and several daffodils in bloom. A bird white bird with black face and blue head sits on a thin branch that is coming down from the upper left section of the fan. 
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Majolica Platter

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Prospetto del Lastricato e de'margini dell'antica via Appia, plate 25 of 'L'Anti

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Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
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(after Domenico Maria Canuti's Fresco in the Palace

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Eve Tempted by the Serpent
A nude woman with long hair flowing down her back grasps a tree branch with her right hand and bends it downward in order to more easily pluck the green fruit dangling at its tip with her left hand. Her white body contrasts starkly with the darker tones of the surrounding landscape. The less conspicuous figure of a serpent with the head of a bearded man coils about the trunk of the tree next to the woman and fixes her with his stare.
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A Miraculous Healing by St. Anthony of Padua (recto) Same drawing in reverse (verso)

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Studies of Four Heads

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Ornamental Design: A Grotesque Winged Figure (recto); Beginning of an Architectu

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Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor&#39;s wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman&#39;s hand.
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Façade of a Cardinal's Palace Decorated for a Reception

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Study for an Altarpiece: Virgin and Child Enthroned between St. Peter and St. Pa

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Street Scene for Theatrical Set

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Map of the Sun. Illustration from, 'Mundus Subterraneus,' by Athanasius Kircher

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Holy Family with Young St. John the Baptist, called the Virgin with the Long Thi

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Divers Manners of Ornamenting Chimneys Series. Pl. 48. Mantlepiece with frieze decorated with the head of Medusa between two centaurs. (Ch. dont la frise est décorée d'une tête de Méduse entre deux centaures.)

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No. 18a from the Opere varie series

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Arabesque Panel with Grotesques and Animals
A decorative design based on curving arabesque forms around a central axis also incorporates gortesque figures.
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Death Leading an Old Man to His Grave, No. 5 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Woman on His Shoulder, No. 4 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Child on His Back, No. 3 of The Five Deaths series

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Death Carrying a Child in His Arms, No. 2 of The Five Deaths series

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Death on Horseback Holding a Trumpet, No. 1 of The Five Deaths series

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A Door Knocker with Arms Resembling Those of the Medici

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An Arabesque Frieze with Alternative Suggestions

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Elymas the Prophet, Struck with Blindness by St. Paul

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An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Figures Personifying Justice and Prudence, the

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An Urn Decorated with a Mascaron, Rams' Heads Supporting a Garland between Shells, and Cloven Hoofs for Feet

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An Urn Decorated with Vestals Performing a Sacrifice and Below, Eagles; the Hand

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Urn Decorated with Two Seated Putti, Rams' Heads as Handles, Garlands and Cornuc

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An Urn Decorated with Two Seated Female Figures, Each Accompanied by a Putto, th

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An Urn Decorated with Draped Winged Mermaids, and in the Center an Oval Relief u

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An Urn Decorated with a Classical Relief, Two Seated Figures, and Rams' Heads Su

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An Urn Decorated with Two Winged Figures Holding a Relief, the Handles Formed by

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An Urn Decorated with Two Female Figures Seated on Rams' Heads and Stretching Op

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An Urn with Garlands and Snakes as Handles and Two Seated Mermaids Holding a Cro

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An Urn Decorated with Rosettes and Eagles Holding in their Beaks the Tails of Me

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Urn with Crocodiles and a Child Driving Sea-Creatures

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Painted Wall Decoration for a Bedroom, with Alternative Suggestions

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Fantasy of Roman Ruins (recto); Sketch of a Colonnade with Superstructure (Stage

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Studies of Birds

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Frieze, Soffits, Columns, plate 9 from Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi
A black and white etching depicting several fragments of friezes and columns, followed by textual descriptions in Italian.
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Study of Fragments of Etruscan Friezes at Corneto from Trattato della introduzione e del progresso delle belle arti in Europa ne’ tempi antichi
A black and white etching depicting several Etruscan friezes.
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Views of Rome. 51. Colonna Trajana

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View of the Principal Square of a North Italian Town

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Imaginary Prisons Series. Pl 9. Prison IX.

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Views of Rome. 79. Entrance Door to Part of the Villa Called the 'Sette Bassi' o

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Paestum Series. Pl. I. Vue de ce qui reste encore des murs de l'ancienne ville

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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Roman Antiquities Series. Vol. III, Pl. V. Mattoni quadrati segati e linee diag

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The Virgin Mary, Infant Jesus, St. John and St. Joseph

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Empedocles
A man wearing a tunic, cape and boots stands in a minimal landscape. His walking stick seems to be falling away from him at the right as the man points upwards toward the sun&#39;s rays, as well as extends his right hand towards fire at the lower left.
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Marsiglio Carrara I (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Jacopino Carrara (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Niccolo Carrara (obverse); Horned Helmet (reverse)

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Ubertino Carrara (obverse); Winged Demon (reverse)

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Jacopo Carrara I (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Jacopo Carrara II (obverse); Plumed Helmet (reverse)

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Francesco Carrara II (obverse); Angel (reverse)

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Francesco Carrara I (obverse); Angel with Lamb (?) (reverse)

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Sketches of Seven Brackets, Two Vases, Two Capitals, a Lectern, Mascaron, Standi
Designs for bases, pitchers, capitals, lecturns, and wall brackets are scattered across the sheet. Most are quickly sketched and elaborate on the theme of scrolling designs.
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Susanna and the Elders
A nude woman sits at the edge of a pool in a garden with a fountain visible in the foreground. Two bearded men lean on a gate next to her. The closer figure extends his left hand toward the woman, while the other points toward a town visible in the distance.
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Standing Young Man

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Hercules
A nude man seen from behind raises a staff to ward off the blow of a standing female figure, also with a staff. The woman&#39;s swing is directed to two seated figures at the lower left: a nude woman and a satyr. In the distance is an elaborate gated city and landscape.
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L'Alliance de la Poésie et de la Musique (The Alliance of Poetry and Music)
Two women clad in flowing robes sit beneath a curved colonnade at the center of this delicately painted scene. The woman on the left, wearing a blue mantle, holds a lyre in her right hand and leans toward her companion, who holds open a musical score on her lap to which she points with her right hand. Books are piled on the steps next to the woman on the left and a putto sits next to her with a scroll unrolled across his lap. A second putto stands next to the other seated woman and plays a viol. A winged putto hovers over the heads of the two women, holding a small trumpet in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right, which he is about to place on the head of the woman with the lyre. Two bust-length portraits of men in oval frames wreathed with laurel hang from the columns in the background.
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MS leaf: Bifolio from a Missal

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Gradual

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Leaf from a Gradual with St. Lawrence
This leaf from a manuscript contains seven lines of Latin text with musical notation. The initial letter, &quot;C,&quot; of the opening word &quot;Confessio&quot; is made from a curved vegetal form. The text is preceded by a painted miniature in a circular frame that is, in turn, enclosed by a golden square. The miniature depicts a man with a tonsure and a golden halo standing in a verdant landscape. He holds a palm leaf in his left hand and rests his right hand on a grill. The left and upper margins of the page are decorated with green and pink leaves and flowers and small gold circles.
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Triumph of St. Michael; Verso: Female Head

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Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius

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Landscape with a Church beside a Lake
This drawing depicts a serene landscape. A road running alongside a stream appears in the foreground among rocky outcrops, thick vegetation and bushy trees. The vista opens out in the middle ground and includes a lake at the right with a church standing on its shores at the left. A town is visible on the far shore of the lake and low mountains rise in the distance.
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Cut Velvet

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Damask

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Damask

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Silk Brocade

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Standing Woman Holding a Crown

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Standing Man in a Turban

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Manuscript Leaf

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The Seated Violinist
This etching portrays a lively tavern scene in the 17th century Dutch Republic.The large room has rough plank walls and a stone floor. There is an open hearth on the right and a long table with a bench in the background. There are many figures engaged in various activities, but most are clustered around a seated man playing a violin. One man stands to watch, another, with arms upraised, is singing and a woman tends to a young child. The scene is depicted in great detail and there is lettering on the bottom of the print.
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St. Simon
This black and white print has a vertical format with a single standing figure. The figure, shown in profile, has the right arm upraised with palm up. He is wearing voluminous drapery and has a halo and bare feet. There is a long bladed saw on the ground beside him.
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St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

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Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican

Accession Number
1966/1.93

Title
Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican

Artist(s)
Taddeo Zuccaro

Object Creation Date
1564

Medium & Support
pen and brown ink with brown wash on buff paper

Dimensions
9 1/2 x 16 5/16 in. (24.1 x 41.3 cm);18 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (45.88 x 56.04 cm);9 1/2 x 16 5/16 in. (24.1 x 41.3 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
This drawing is a preliminary study carried out by a student of Taddeo Zuccaro for a fresco decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican. It shows two allegorical figures placed symmetrically on the raking cornices of the south doorway. Both strike languourous, reclining poses and wear sorrowful expressions. The elephant helmet worn by the left figure identifies her as the personification of Africa. The subjugation of this continent by Emperor Charles V in his victory over Tunis, which marked the triumph of Christianity over the Ottoman Turks, is celebrated in the adjacent fresco in the Sala Regia.
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Studio of Taddeo Zuccaro
Italy, 1529–1566
Study for an Overdoor Decoration in the Sala Regia of the Vatican
1564
Pen, brown ink, and wash on buff paper
Museum purchase, 1966/1.93
This striking pair of large drawings represents the work of Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro, two of the most influential Italian artists during the second half of the sixteenth century. Sons of a painter from a small town near Urbino, they built international reputations through their work on significant commissions in Rome and elsewhere. Both drawings are fine examples of preparatory studies of architectural decorations undertaken by the brothers and provide valuable glimpses into their artistic processes.
Executed by a talented artist in Taddeo’s workshop, this is a detailed study for the fresco Taddeo painted above a doorway in the Sala Regia in the Vatican. Built in the mid-sixteenth century as an antechamber connecting the Sistine and Pauline Chapels, the Sala Regia also functioned as a papal throne room, where the pontiff received monarchs and ambassadors. Taddeo’s design focuses on two reclinging allegorical female figures. Their slumped postures and sorrowful expressions indicate their subjugation to Christian and papal power; the elephant-shaped helmet of the figure on the left, for instance, identifies her as a personification of Africa and links her to the nearby fresco of Emperor Charles V conquering the city of Tunis.
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Subject matter
An artist working in the studio of Taddeo Zuccaro produced this carefully rendered preparatory study of two allegorical female figures for the wall above a doorway in the Sala Regia in the Vatican. Built in the mid-sixteenth century as an antechamber connecting the Sistine and Pauline Chapels, the Sala Regia functioned as a papal throne room, where the pontiff received monarchs and ambassadors. In 1564 Taddeo joined the artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari in painting frescoes on the walls of the splendid chamber. The portion of the work represented in the drawing focuses on two figures reclining upon the triangular pediment over a door. Their slumped postures and sorrowful expressions indicate their subjugation to Christian and papal power. The elephant-shaped headpiece of the figure on the left identifies her as a personification of Africa and links her to the adjacent fresco in the chamber, which depicts the conquest of Tunis by Emperor Charles V in 1535.

Physical Description
This drawing depicts two addorsed female figures reclining on a triangular slope. The women are partly clothed, and the one on the left wears an elephant-shaped headpiece. Between their shoulders appears a blank escutcheon held by two putti. Nude men in the background strain to hold back piles of objects that include shields and spears.

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Primary Object Type
study

Collection Area
Western

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Keywords
allegory (artistic device)
drawing (image-making)
preparatory drawings
women (female humans)

3 Related Resources
Early Modern Interior Design
(Part of: Early Modern European Architecture and Interior Design)

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