Artworks · Giorgio Vasari

Study for the Allegory of Birth

1580 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on tan wove card

21.2 × 32.3 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26)

1573 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

12-5/8 x 8-3/8 in. (32 x 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26)

1573 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

12-5/8 x 8-3/8 in. (32 x 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Luke

1570 · oil on panel

overall: 177.8 × 99.1 cm (70 × 39 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Saint Mark

1570 · oil on panel

overall: 177.8 × 99.1 cm (70 × 39 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

1569 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, squared in graphite and red chalk (recto and verso)

36.3 × 23.7 cm (14 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Sleep

1565 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk

Diameter: 3-11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of Forgetfulness

1565 · Pen and brown ink, brush and pale gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper

Diameter: 3-11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of Sleep

1565 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk

Diameter: 3-11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of Forgetfulness

1565 · Pen and brown ink, brush and pale gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on beige paper

Diameter: 3-11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence

1563 · Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove card

21.4 × 16.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Last Judgment

1562 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of red and black chalk, squared for transfer with black chalk, on cream laid paper

overall: 41.5 x 19.7 cm (16 5/16 x 7 3/4 in.), arched top

National Gallery of Art

Cavalry Skirmish (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

1558 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper (recto), and pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper (verso)

18.3 × 26.4 cm (7 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn

1555 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk

6 3/4 x 15 7/16in. (17.2 x 39.2cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Conversion of Saint Paul

1554 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with splatters of gray, green and pink paint over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream laid paper, with framing lines in pen and brown ink, laid down on secondary paper

18.2 × 26.7 cm (7 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Ceres

1554 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk and red chalk wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

15.4 × 18.9 cm (6 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, with God the Father Above

1554 · Red chalk on tan laid paper

39.2 × 28.3 cm (15 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Architectural Sketches (verso)

1546 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over an underdrawing done with traces of black chalk, ruling, and compass-work in pen and brown ink (recto); black chalk (verso)

Sheet: 16 9/16 x 9 15/16 in. (42.1 x 25.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory of Eternity

1544 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper, squared for transfer in red chalk

28.3 × 21.9 cm (11 3/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee

1544 · pen on paper, ink, chalk

width: 414 cm, height: 556 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Temptation of Saint Jerome

1541 · Oil on panel

166.5 × 121.9 cm (65 1/2 × 48 in.); Framed: 203.9 × 161.3 × 15.3 cm (80 1/4 × 63 1/2 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ontwerp voor het apparaat voor Aretino's 'La Talanta'

1541 · pen on paper, ink

height: 108 cm, width: 157 cm

Rijksmuseum

Female Head in Profile to Left

1539 · Black chalk on gray-brown laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

22.3 × 18 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

1511 · Pen with medium and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over graphite. Traces of framing outlines in pen with brown and black ink

sheet: 15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (38.6 x 25 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Abduction of Ganymede

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk on blue paper. Squared in black chalk

9-1/8 x 7-1/16 in. (23.1 x 18 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Judith Decapitating Holofernes

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

6-1/16 x 4-7/8 in. (15.4 x 12.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint

16-3/4 x 11-1/4 in. (42.5 x 28.5 cm), maximum, arched at the top.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brush and rose-brown wash, over black chalk, and compass and ruled construction

sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Abduction of Ganymede

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk on blue paper; squared in black chalk

9-1/8 x 7-1/16 in. (23.1 x 18 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

1511 · Pen with medium and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, highlighted with white gouache, over graphite. Traces of framing outlines in pen with brown and black ink

sheet: 15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (38.6 x 25 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of leadpoint

16-3/4 x 11-1/4 in. (42.5 x 28.5 cm), maximum, arched at the top.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Judith Decapitating Holofernes

1511 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash

6-1/16 x 4-7/8 in. (15.4 x 12.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art