Perino del Vaga Circle

(1501-1547)
Study of a female allegorical figure, presumably Pallas Athene (?), pen and brown ink, on laid paper, 25 x 15,7 cm, the framing lines in pen and brown ink, browned, stained, old repaired tears, laid down on thin Japanese paper, mounted, unframed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Collector’s mark "G in a circle" (not with Lugt);
Private collection, Germany

The present drawing can be attributed stylistically to an artist from the circle of Perino del Vaga c. 1530. The figure’s pose may have been inspired by the painting "Pallas and the Centaur " by Sandro Botticello (c. 1480-1485) in the Uffizi, Florence (Inv. 1912 Nr. 29)