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Federico Zuccaro
approximately 1540-1609
Allegory of Sin
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black and red chalk, on paper. Adhered to decorative paper mount, 12 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches (315 x 464 mm).
7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (188 x 266 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1968.5
Inscription:
Inscribed in black chalk, by the artist, "PIANTO / PECAT[O] / SPAVENTO"; at lower edge at center, in pen and brown ink, "Zuccaro"; on mount, in lower left corner, in pen and brown ink, "Zuccaro"; at lower right, in pencil, "D30432"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, "Pa ̊Auctionkost P. 1-9"; in pencil, "155".
Provenance:
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 March 1968, no. 35, repr.; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 23.
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