Study for Allegory of Faith and Silence
A draped robed figure with outstretched arms stands on a rectangular pedestal, flanked by two nude male figures, one in a helmet at left and one touching his mouth at right. Pen and ink with brush and gray wash on tan paper, with faint squaring grid visible.
- Artist
- Bartolomeo Cesi
- Date
- 1500/95
- Medium
- Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, with traces of red chalk, on tan laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on ivory wove car
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1992 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1595).
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Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection