SALVIATI, Cecchino del
(b. 1510, Firenze, d. 1563, Roma)

The Three Fates

1550
Oil on wood, 61 x 83 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

Salviati's draftsmanship is most evident in the articulation of the hands of the Fates, and the texture of the wool on their spindle. The masklike face in the background relates the figures to their classical sources.