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Allegory of Wisdom and Strength

Veronese
1528-1588

Allegory of Wisdom and Strength

13 x 9 5/16 inches (329 x 237 mm)
Brush and lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on blue paper.
1982.70

Gift of Janos Scholz.

Notes
Study for the painting in the Frick Collection, New York.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Paolo Veronese"; on verso, at upper right, in black chalk, "Di Paulo Verones."; on verso of mount at lower right, in pen and black ink, "N 9" and a symbol below.
Watermark: Anchor within a circle (close to Briquet 557).
Associated names
Moscardo family, former owner.
Calceolari, marquis de, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 244-245.
Gilbert, Creighton, et al. Drawings of the Italian Renaissance from the Scholz Collection. Bloomington : Indiana University Art Center, 1958, no. 45, repr. (includes previous bibliography and exhibitions)
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department