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DescriptionCircle of Giorgio VasariDesign for the upper section of an altarpiece with the Holy Trinity flanked by Angels surmounted by the Theological virtues in a pediment
Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk; triangular top207 by 168 mmCondition reportHinged to a board at the upper margin. There are a few tears in the upper section of the sheet. One running through the figure of Faith and another at the upper left. Some staining and surface dirt and the pen and ink has lost some of its strength in the middle section of the sheet. Sold in a wooden and gilded modern frame.
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1. See for instance F. Härb, The drawings of Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), Rome 2015, pp. 490-494, nos. 318-321, reproduced and pp. 526-527, no. 347, reproduced