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This is a drawing of allegorical figures around a wheel, with two figures below holding a heart. The image depicts four figures surrounding a large wheel near the top of the composition. Two figures are holding the wheel, while another figure labeled "ANIMVS" stands between them, with a balance scale on his chest. Below them, two figures stand facing each other, connected by a large heart they both hold. The word "Amici" is inscribed beneath the heart. The drawing uses fine lines to create details and shading.
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This is a drawing of allegorical figures around a wheel, with two figures below holding a heart. The image depicts four figures surrounding a large wheel near the top of the composition. Two figures are holding the wheel, while another figure labeled "ANIMVS" stands between them, with a balance scale on his chest. Below them, two figures stand facing each other, connected by a large heart they both hold. The word "Amici" is inscribed beneath the heart. The drawing uses fine lines to create details and shading.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

"Friendship Is Equality; A Friend Is Another Self" [fol. 10 recto]

French early 16th Century

Date
c. 1512/1515
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2006.11.42
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
  • Dress
  • Figures
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

center center in pen and brown ink: ANIMVS; lower center in pen and brown ink: Amici

Watermarks

Briquet 13542

NGA object ID 86038. 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.