Study for The Allegory of Spring; 1579; Pen and brown ink; over red chalk and black chalk; brush and brown wash; highlighted with white gouache; sheet: 8 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (22 x 35 cm); Drawings; Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian; Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42-1609 Ancona); Related to the frescoed ceiling of Federico's home in Florence ('Casa Zuccari'); this newly discovered drawing presents the season of Spring as a combat between Chastity and Love. In the central fountain; a virgin is seated beside a unicorn who purifies the fountain with his horn