The Goddess Brizo
1540
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1540
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Goddess Brizo is a 1540 by Federico Zuccaro, a Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a woman sitting on a rocky outcrop, holding a scroll and pointing upward. She wears flowing robes and looks calm, with a tree and clouds behind her. The background has small, fuzzy figures and plants, all sketched in soft browns and tans. The artist used a simple, sketchy style—light lines and shading to show form. This kind of drawing was common in Renaissance allegories, where figures stood for ideas. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The drawing titled *The Goddess Brizo* by Federico Zuccaro employs pen, ink, and wash, with white heightening applied. It was once part of the collections of Padre Resta and later Lord Somers, as indicated by an inscription referencing a manuscript in the British Museum. The work entered the collection in 1876.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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