Аннотация:Although the bond of friendship between the Florentine painter Lodovico Cigoli (1559–1613) and his countryman Galileo (1564–1642) has long been recognized, further light can be shed on the depth of their relationship by the interpretation, proposed here, of an allegorical invention by the artist (Figs. 1–2).1 Among the Cigoli drawings in the Uffizi are a spirited sketch and a more finished drawing depicting an allegory of Invidia or Envy (Figs. 3–4).2 As the drawings do not appear to be studies for a known painting or public commission, it is probable that the finished sheet was intended to be seen and enjoyed as a drawing per se and to be read as a private work.
