Study for the Allegory of Birth
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1580
- Dimensions
- 21.2 × 32.3 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Giorgio Vasari
Artist
Painting
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, considered the ideological foundation of Western art-historical writing, and still much cited in modern biographies of the many Italian Renaissance artists he covers, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, although he is since regarded as including many factual errors, especially when covering artists from before he was born.
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Record
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- Giorgio Vasari
- Year
- 1580
- Dimensions
- 21.2 × 32.3 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1580-004971
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified