An Allegory of Prudence

Baldassare Peruzzi

Italy, circa 1518-1520

Pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, squared for transfer on pink prepared paper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Three figures are depicted under a tree. The central figure, wearing a helmet and armor, holds a bouquet of flowers and a bow and arrows. A figure to the left sits with a swan, and a figure to the right sits with a lion. Gift of Bella Mabury Estate and Mr. and Mrs. Irving Stone (M.74.130)