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| Perino del Vaga Ecclesia and Concordia - allegorical figures for an overdoor ca. 1546-47 drawing for fresco at Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Alessandro Allori Fortitude, Prudence, Vigilance - allegorical figures for an overdoor 1579 drawing for fresco at Villa Medici near Florence Royal Collection, Windsor |
The four Italian artists grouped here – Perino del Vaga, Parmigianino, Girolamo da Carpi, Alessandro Allori – all earned substantial incomes during the middle decades of the 16th century from designing painted decorations – often with stylized human figures – to extend and enhance the three-dimensional architectural ornamentation already existing on church and palace walls and ceilings.
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| Parmigianino Study of ornamental figures in architectural setting ca. 1531-33 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Parmigianino Study of ornamental figure in architectural setting ca. 1531-33 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Parmigianino Study of ornamental figure in architectural setting ca. 1531-33 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Parmigianino Study of ornamental figure in architectural setting ca. 1531-33 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Girolamo da Carpi Vestal Tuccia carrying water in sieve before 1556 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Girolamo da Carpi Frieze of women's heads before 1556 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Girolamo da Carpi Triumph of Bacchus before 1556 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Girolamo da Carpi Study of antique relief before 1556 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Perino del Vaga Faith and Justice - allegorical figures for wall decoration ca. 1525 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Alessandro Allori Design for lunette pierced by circular window 1579 drawing for fresco Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Perino del Vaga Design for ceiling decoration at Castel Sant'Angelo before 1547 drawing for fresco Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Perino del Vaga Design for frieze with ignudi ca. 1537-40 drawing Royal Collection, Windsor |