Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giorgio Vasari
Artist bio: Italian, Arezzo 1511–1574 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
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)
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 9/16 x 9 15/16 in. (42.1 x 25.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Architecture|Women