Study for The Allegory of Spring

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Artist: Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona)
Date: 1579
Medium: Pen and brown ink, over red chalk and black chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache
Dimensions: sheet: 8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (22 x 35 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 2002
Accession no.: 2002.96

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020913
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1565–77 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020922
The Vision of Saint Eustace
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1542–1609 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020930
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1540/41–1609 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020935

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.