18 - FONTANA, Prospero (attributed to) Allegory of Domestic Life. 16th century. Black chalk, brown ink, and wash; 8.9 x 6.8 cm; laid paper (small tears and creases). Mounted on paper. Loose under a passe-partout. Charming drawing of a woman carrying her husband, while a child is beating them with a stick. Similar allegorical drawings by Prospero Salviati (1512–1597) are in New York (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 1992.28.1, 1992.28.2). Provenance: Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum. — London, Phillips, December 15, 1999, lot 51 (attributed to Fransco de' Rossi, il Salviati).

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