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Design for a frieze

Drawing
16th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing, Design for a frieze, copy after Perino del Vaga, pen and ink and wash, 16th century


Object details

Object type
TitleDesign for a frieze (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and wash
Brief description
Drawing, Design for a frieze, copy after Perino del Vaga, pen and ink and wash, 16th century
Dimensions
  • Height: 342mm
  • Width: 524mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Object history
PROVENANCE J. Richardson, Sr (Lugt 2184); transferred from the Art Museum, 1863
Bibliographic reference
Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, cat. 371, p.175. The text is as follows: copies after VAGA, PERINO DEL 371 Design for a frieze Pen and ink and wash 13 ½ x 20 5/8 (342 x 524) 3135 PROVENANCE J. Richardson, Sr (Lugt 2184); transferred from the Art Museum, 1863 See the note under no. 370. A copy of Perino's design. [Note from under no. 370: There are other versions of this design, some by Perino himself, other by pupils or copyists. The most important is a painting on canvas in the Palazzo Spada, Rome, which was show by Voss to be Perino’s Model for a tapestry commissioned by Paul III as a basamento for Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. See Voss, Spätrenaissance, pp. 72-4, where the Spada Palace painting and a drawing connected with it in the Uffizi are reproduced. Our drawing is close to Perino in handling, possibly by him. Another version of the same design, not so like Perino, is no. 371.]
Collection
Accession number
3135

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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