Study for The Allegory of Spring, 1579, Pen and brown ink, over red chalk and black chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, sheet: 8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (22 x 35 cm), Drawings, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Related to the frescoed ceiling of Federico's home in Florence ('Casa Zuccari'), this newly discovered drawing presents the season of Spring as a combat between Chastity and Love. In the central fountain, a virgin is seated beside a unicorn who purifies the fountain with his horn
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