Allegory of Venice

Late XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper.
Not on display

The style is indeed reminiscent of some of Veronese´s many followers, for example Battista Zelotti (c. 1526-1578). The allegorical female figure of Venice is crowned and sitting on the Lion of St Mark.

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Inventory number: D001649
Author: Anonymous
Title: Allegory of Venice
Date: Late XVI century
Technique: Wash; Pencil; Pencil ground; Grey-brown ink
Support: Yellow paper
Dimension: Width: 173 mm; Height: 220 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931; I. Brun</br></br>
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 442.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 442.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 1095.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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