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Artist/Maker(s): Perino del Vaga (Piero Buonaccorsi) (Italian, about 1501 - 1547)
Culture: Italian
Place(s): Italy (Place created)
Date: about 1542 - 1545
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, traces of black chalk partly incised for transfer (recto) pen and brown ink and brown wash (verso)
Dimensions: 32.7 x 22.2 cm (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions: Inscription: (Verso) the following fragmentary inscription by Perino in brown ink: Beato” [cancelled: “alfin”] “ha quello che torna al fin senza faticha/che in memoria e ppeso non lla grava/chi troppo penssa el pensar la terra/chi l'altri impaci pigliaa e sua cr.../chi l'altrui tribola se stesso atterra/chi in pacida la suo morte seque/chi biasima altri se stesso/tal dice d'altrui che di se ste[sso]/l'oro dà valsente/sot'ombra s'oro facile...et volon.../la nesicità non v'a legge/e sse legge ha el paziente/megli'è patir honestamente/che perdesi un onesto sp...” Secondary Inscription: (Recto) at lower left corner, inscribed “D” and “Tiepolo” in black ink and “C” in black chalk (verso) inscribed “12”, “P/SS” in brown ink, “III/306” in black chalk.
Alternate Title(s): Figures and Architecture (recto) Figures in Costume (verso) (Display Title)
SKU: 200990
