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Oval pen and brown ink drawing of a winged trumpeter above a curved balcony with banners and crowded figures.

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence

A pen and brown ink drawing in oval format shows a winged, trumpet-blowing figure above a curved, balustraded walkway crowded with figures and waving banners. Seated figures occupy the lower corners, while cross-hatched shading models the stone architecture and clouds.

Artist
Giorgio Vasari
Date
1563/65
Medium
Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove card
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1402 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1565).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection