Study for a Wall of the Massimi Chapel in SS. Trinita dei Monti (recto); The Feast of Herod (verso) Perino del Vaga

Artist	Perino del Vaga Florence, 1501 – Rome, 1547
Culture	Italian
Date	1537–1538
Object type	drawing
Medium, technique	paper, pen, brown ink, wash, black chalk
Dimensions	419 × 290 mm
Inventory number	1838
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Inscribed in pen and brown ink on the recto at right: ‘p. 22’ and on the verso, probably by the artist, as read by Gino Corti: ‘paganaso di viterbo l[i]b[re]. 15/nero di fumo l[i]b[re]. 2/leone batista alberti/le stampe d’alberto’ and in pencil: ‘231/Go’

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