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Drawing of a winged woman seated on a globe holding a candle, looking up under a radiant light, with the word ETERNITAS on the globe.

Allegory of Eternity

A winged female figure sits atop a large globe, one leg crossed over the other, gazing upward toward a radiant halo. She holds a lit candle or taper in one hand, and the word ETERNITAS is inscribed on the sphere's lower curve. The drawing uses white heightening on blue-grey paper with a faint red squaring grid.

Artist
Giorgio Vasari
Date
1544/45
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper, squared for transfer in red ch
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2168 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1545).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

Español: Alegoría de la eternidad, dibujo atribuido a Vasari

Una figura femenina alada está sentada sobre un gran globo, con una pierna cruzada sobre la otra, mirando hacia arriba hacia un resplandor radiante. Sostiene una vela encendida en una mano, y la palabra ETERNITAS aparece inscrita en la parte inferior de la esfera. El dibujo usa realces blancos sobre papel azul grisáceo con una cuadrícula roja.

Português: Alegoria da Eternidade, desenho atribuído a Vasari

Uma figura feminina alada está sentada sobre um grande globo, com uma perna cruzada sobre a outra, olhando para cima em direção a um brilho radiante. Ela segura uma vela acesa em uma das mãos, e a palavra ETERNITAS está inscrita na parte inferior da esfera. O desenho usa realces brancos sobre papel azul-acinzentado com uma malha vermelha.

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