
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)
Giorgio Vasari · 1569/73
Provenance
Ownership history
- G. Vallardi [stamp (Lugt 1223), recto, upper left, in blue]. J. J. Lindman [stamp (Lugt 1479a), recto, lower right, in purple]. William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower right, and verso, lower left, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower left, in black].
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Oberlin, Ohio, Allen Memorial Art Museum, "From Studio to Studiolo: Florentine Draftsmanship under the first Medici Grand Dukes," Oct. 14-Dec. 1, 1991.
- New Haven, Conn., Yale University Art Gallery, "The Ager of Giorgio Vasari: Art, Literature, and History at the Medicean Court," Apr. 14-May 15, 1994.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," Apr. 12-June 22, 1997.
- Detroit Institute of Arts, "The Medici, Michelangelo, and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence," Mar. 16-June 8, 2003, cat. 211, p. 348 (ill.); also the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 9, 2002-Feb. 2, 2003.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 249-50, no. 324 (ill.).
Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand

The Temptation of Saint Jerome
Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence
Art Institute of Chicago

Cavalry Skirmish (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)
Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Allegory of Birth
Art Institute of Chicago

Sacrifice of Cain and Abel, with God the Father Above
Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Ceres
Art Institute of Chicago

Female Head in Profile to Left
Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
Research assistant