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This is a drawing depicting an allegorical scene featuring various symbolic figures. The composition includes a central seated figure with a crown, holding a heart-themed object. Flanking this figure are two other figures, one standing on the right holding chains and a banner, and one on the left presenting a framed image. The artwork includes scrolls and tablets inscribed with Latin texts. The use of brown ink and fine lines is typical of the Renaissance period.
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This is a drawing depicting an allegorical scene featuring various symbolic figures. The composition includes a central seated figure with a crown, holding a heart-themed object. Flanking this figure are two other figures, one standing on the right holding chains and a banner, and one on the left presenting a framed image. The artwork includes scrolls and tablets inscribed with Latin texts. The use of brown ink and fine lines is typical of the Renaissance period.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Always Have the Bedclothes Folded up" [fol. 41 recto]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.40
Credit line
Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Woman
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Figures
  • Writing
Provenance

(Sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1937, lot 64); (sale, London, Sotheby's, 15-17 November 1937, lot 546); (sale, London, Maggs Bros., Ltd., catalogue 709, 1941, no. 30); (purchased by William H. Schab Gallery via Paul Graupe); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York, by 1973; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Inscription

various notations overall

NGA object ID 75861. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.