Studies for The Allegories of Love, 1570–75, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, 12 5/8 x 8 3/4in. (32 x 22.2cm), Drawings, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice), Drawn with awesome rapidity and a dazzling economy of means, this sheet of sketches attests to Veronese's extraordinary powers of invention as a storyteller. Here, he explored a variety of solutions to motifs that he later used in four canvases of the 'Allegories of Love' painted around 1575 (National Gallery, London)
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Studies, Allegories, Love, 1570–75, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, 12 5/8 x 8 3/4in, 32 22.2cm, Drawings, Paolo Veronese, Caliari, Italian, Verona, 1528–1588, Venice, Drawn, awesome rapidity, dazzling economy, means, sheet, sketches attests, Veronese, extraordinary powers, invention, storyteller, explored, variety, solutions, motifs, later, four canvases, painted, 1575, National Gallery, London
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