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Giorgio Vasari

67 works

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Painting of a crowded battle with armored riders, fallen horses, banners, a stone tower and ships on the sea.

The rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo

1568

Large painting of armored soldiers on horseback, oxen carts, tents and a walled coastal city with burning ships.

The emperor Massimiliano lifts the siege from Livorno

1568

Large battle painting of armored soldiers and horsemen attacking a walled city with cannons and banners.

The storming of the fortress of Stampace in Pisa

1499

Fresco of Vulcan's forge with muscular smiths, hammering men, and cupids working among ruined arches above a fireplace.

Volcano's forge

1555

Allegorical painting of a helmeted seated woman with a dove and wreath, surrounded by nude figures, coins and a globe.

Allegory of justice and truth

1543

Painting of soldiers and armored horsemen storming a fortress gate, with a burning city on the hills behind.

The storming of the fortress near Porta Camollia in Siena

1570

Woman in pink drapery stands beside a water clock dripping onto an inscribed stone, under a dark stormy sky.

Allegory of Patience (Vasari)

1552

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Joseph and Saint Francis beside a cross, with a temple in a landscape.

Holy Family with Saint Francis

1542

Engraving of six men of letters gathered around a globe, books and an oil lamp, with names and Latin verses below.

Six Italian men of letters. Engraving after G. Vasari, 1543

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of the risen Christ with a banner and cross, surrounded by angels and kneeling saints.

The Risen Christ Adored by Saints and Angels

1566-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coffered ceiling design with figural panels, putti, medallions and ornamental scrollwork.

Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)

1569/73

Two lunette drawings: a bearded man pours wine beside a table of vessels, and a youth runs past onlookers near a column.

"Bearded Man Filling a Glass" and "Youth Running"

about 1544-1545

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man pouring wine into a glass held by a young attendant beside a table of vessels.

Bearded Man Filling a Glass

about 1544-1545

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a running youth among a crowd of figures beside a classical column.

Youth Running

about 1544-1545

Red chalk drawing of a seated muscular male nude with studies of drapery and hands on tan paper.

Studies of a Male Nude, a Drapery, and a Hand

about 1555-1565

Pen and brown ink study of a winged trumpeter above a curved tier of figures waving banners in an oval composition.

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence

1563/65

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded male figure in draped robes with a scroll ornament on his head.

Standing Atlante (a Dacian captive)

1800

Drawing of a winged figure with a halo seated on a globe inscribed ETERNITAS, holding a candle, on blue-grey paper.

Allegory of Eternity

1544/45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and horse beneath a figure in clouds, with startled onlookers around.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

1554

Brown and white ink drawing in a circle showing a standing robed man surrounded by seated and nude male figures.

Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany Surrounded by his Artists

ca. 1556-62

Pen and wash drawing of a fountain design with reclining river gods, nymphs and a tiered stone pedestal.

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

1511-74

Brown ink drawing of a fountain with reclining river god, nymphs and rocks on a columned pedestal within an arched niche.

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

1511-74

Brown ink drawing of a pointing bearded man addressing seated figures before a colonnade with statues, framed by Corinthian c

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26)

1573

Pen and ink drawing in a circle of a seated figure by a pedestal, with winged figures in clouds above and a lion below.

Allegory of Forgetfulness

ca. 1570

Circular pen and wash drawing of a woman embracing a sleeping youth, with winged putti above holding tablets, framed by a yel

Allegory of Sleep

ca. 1570

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded god receiving offerings from figures, with a goat, a reclining woman, and a distant c

The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn

1555-56

Brown ink and wash drawing of Judith beheading Holofernes on a bed, with a maidservant and a winged figure beside them.

Judith Decapitating Holofernes

1511-74

Brown ink and wash drawing of an eagle carrying a winged youth above men in ancient dress gazing upward.

The Abduction of Ganymede

1511-74

Pen and wash architectural design showing Gothic arches, oval medallions and putti in a ceiling decoration.

Design for the Ceiling Decoration in Vasari's House in Arezzo

1531-74

Circular pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a nude woman offering a wreath to a bearded man with a staff.

Florentia crowns Cosimo I enthroned on clouds

1511

Female Head in Profile to Left

c. 1541

Printed title page of Vasari's 1568 Life of Michelangelo, with an ornate woodcut border and a Florence cityscape.

Vita de' gran Michelagnolo Buonarroti

published 1568