Friday, February 12, 2016

Perino del Vaga drawings

Perino del Vaga
Maiden and Unicorn
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga (1501-1547) lived a short life by current standards  not reaching the age of fifty  but a long life in art. During the first half of the sixteenth century, as the Renaissance reached its peak and segued into Mannerism, he worked and studied with many of the best artists in Florence, in Rome, and in Genoa. These included Raphael, Michelangelo, Rosso Fiorentino, Parmigianino, and Giulio Romano. Perino was original and prolific, yet he has throughout the ages remained somehow outside the pantheon of his famous peers.

Perino del Vaga
Camel
16th century
drawing
Morgan Library

Perino del Vaga
Vertumnus & Pomona
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Psyche tormented by servants of Venus
drawing
16th century
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Studies of horses
c. 1530-35
drawing
Clark Art Institute

Perino del Vaga
Battling Horsemen
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Battle Scene
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Siege of Syracuse
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Alexander the Great with the works of Homer
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
The Pool of Bethesda
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Descent from the Cross
c. 1516-23
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Reclining Putto
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Design for altar wall
c. 1530-47
drawing
British Museum

Perino del Vaga
Tapestry cartoon with Venus and Aeneas
16th century
British Museum

I am grateful to the British Museum for making excellent images available.