Details
Florentine School, circa 1566
Studies of allegorical Figures (recto and verso)
extensively inscribed with descriptions and attributes of the figures;
black chalk, pen and brown ink, lower right corner made up
Studies of allegorical Figures (recto and verso)
extensively inscribed with descriptions and attributes of the figures;
black chalk, pen and brown ink, lower right corner made up
Literature
As Elizabeth McGrath first pointed out the present drawing is related to the masquerade Genealogia degli Dei performed on 2nd February 1566 as part of the festivities to celebrate the marriage of Francesco I de' Medici and Giovanni d'Austria.
The wedding festivities were under the artistic direction of Giorgio Vasari, and the most talented Florentine artists of the period provided designs for the various masques, mock battles and processions. Several anonymous drawings related to the Genealogia degli Dei are in the Uffizi.
The wedding festivities were under the artistic direction of Giorgio Vasari, and the most talented Florentine artists of the period provided designs for the various masques, mock battles and processions. Several anonymous drawings related to the Genealogia degli Dei are in the Uffizi.