Allegory of the Rescue of Humanity: Virtus Deserta

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a kneeling nude man with curly hair holding a staff with a winged handle reaching down to help a nude man pull himself out from a pile of bodies. The man on the ground pile has a beard and a fur loincloth and holds on to the wrist of a man with short hair on top. A nude man with short hair on top faces down with arms raised holds on to the man on top. A man with short hair and a cap faces forward to the right with raised arms holds on to the man on top. A man with a beard and short hair faces left on top with raised arms holds on to the man with short hair on top. A large archway behind the men on the left. A wall on the left with a tree. A brick wall on the right. Bodies on the ground. A spider on the bottom right wall.