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This is a drawing of an assembly of allegorical figures. The figures are labeled with Latin words representing virtues, vices, or societal roles. The composition includes elements like garments, figures, and scrolls with textures and shading to highlight materials and expressions.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Dialogue on Human Favor (recto) [fol. 15 verso / 16 recto]
French early 16th Century
- Date
- 1512/1514
- Medium
- pen and brown and black ink, heightened with gold on two joined sheets of laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 16.3 x 21.4 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 2006.11.34.a
- Credit line
- Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Speculum principis (Mirror for Princes)
Subjects and terms
- Angel
- French
- child
- portrait
- 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
The figures labeled in pen and brown ink from left to right: Libido, Legum Codex:, Honor:, Fastus:, Opulentia:, Fuor:, Assentatio:, Inuidia:; and inscribed above the figure of Favor in four separate discs: Fortuna, Casus:, Forma:, Dotes/Animi
Watermarks
Briquet 13542
NGA object ID 86030. 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.