Figure Studies [verso]

Perino del Vaga, c. 1530/1540

Drawings of bodies fill the left half of this vertical, parchment-colored paper, and writing fills the right half. The drawings and writing are in dark brown ink, and lines from the other side of the sheet show… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Perino del Vaga ¹
Date: c. 1530/1540 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper (red chalk line across center) ¹
Original: 3,154 × 4,278 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

The image shows a sketch of a camp viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon line is high in the composition, with distant clusters of soldiers and encampments depicted with minimalist lines.

The image shows an elevated view of a rugged landscape with a low horizon. The sky occupies the upper two-thirds of the image. Two ancient columns, partially broken and weathered, are on a rocky outcrop to the right.…

The image shows two figures sketched on aged paper. The woman is depicted from the waist up, turned slightly to the right. She has shoulder-length hair and wears a draped headdress.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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