Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures
Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati) · Italian
Date: 1566–67
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue paper; circular framing outline in compass point and brown ink
Dimensions: diameter 5-1/2 in.
Classification: Drawings
Themes: Apollo, Mercury, Violins
Purchase, Wildenstein & Co. Inc. Gift, 2000
Date range
1566 – 1567
Largest dimension
5.1 cm
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