Federico Zuccaro
approximately 1540-1609
Head and Shoulders of Two Young Boys and Separate Studies of a Right and a Left Arm. Verso: Man Seen from the Back and a Separate Study of his Left Arm
5 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (144 x 207 mm)
Black and red chalk on paper; verso: black and red chalk.
1974.24
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The verso may relate to Federico's lost fresco of the "Conversion of Mary Magdalene", painted ca. 1564 in the Grimani Chapel, S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice. It shows a life study of a young man seen from the back, was said to be preparatory for a turbaned spectator on the left of the composition - a figure repeated by Federico four years later in the altarpice of the "Healing of the Blind Man" at Orvieto
The verso may relate to Federico's lost fresco of the "Conversion of Mary Magdalene", painted ca. 1564 in the Grimani Chapel, S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice. It shows a life study of a young man seen from the back, was said to be preparatory for a turbaned spectator on the left of the composition - a figure repeated by Federico four years later in the altarpice of the "Healing of the Blind Man" at Orvieto
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, at lower center, in black chalk, "Feder Zucheri".
Associated names
Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Brandegee, Edward, former owner.
Brandegee, Mary, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 186.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of Janos Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 9, repr. (includes full bibliography and exhibitions).
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of Janos Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 9, repr. (includes full bibliography and exhibitions).
Classification
Century Drawings
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