Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa, 1563, Pen and brown ink, highlighted with white gouache, traces of squaring in black chalk (on top of drawing surface), over traces of black chalk on blue paper, 8 7/16 x 8 7/16 in. (21. 5 x 21. 4 cm), Drawings, Jacopo Zucchi (Italian, Florence ca. 1540?1596 Rome), This powerfully rendered composition portrays an allegory of the Tuscan towns of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa, which came under Florentine rule in 1354 and 1333 respectively. The drawing is connected with a precisely documented, historically significant painting, and this helps in deciphering the otherwise abstruse iconography