Taddeo Zuccaro
1529-1566
Pope Julius III Restoring the Duchy of Parma to Ottavio Farnese. Verso: Marriage of Orazio Farnese and Diane de Valois; Paul III Creating Pierluigi Farnese Captain-General of the Church
13 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (353 x 557 mm; exclusive of added strip)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk and incised with stylus, on paper; a strip of paper of 30 mm in height added to lower edge; verso: pen and brown ink and wash, over red chalk and inscribed with stylus.
1973.27
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Both the recto and verso of this sheet are for frescoes in the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani in Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, probably by Taddeo, in pen and brown ink, "la prefettura il lume a man ma[n]cha / il basto[ne] del ducha pier louigi il lume / a man ma[n]cha / la legazione del cardinale farnese / in alemagna magna ed il capita[no] generale / ...del ducha ottavio / prefettura del duc...[cut off by edge of paper] / l'abito del prefeto...[cut off] / il bastone del general...[cut off] / il sposalizio del ducha / il sposalizio del duch /" ; at lower left in another direction, "17 / 20"; on added strip, in pen and brown ink, "di Taddeo Zuccaro.; D. / 31; 4.3".
Watermark: Unidentified coat of arms, with animal inside, centered on chain line.
Watermark: Unidentified coat of arms, with animal inside, centered on chain line.
Associated names
Gibson, William, 1644 or 1645-1702, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Dimsdale, Thomas, 1758-1823, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853, former owner.
Phillips, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938, former owner.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Dimsdale, Thomas, 1758-1823, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853, former owner.
Phillips, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938, former owner.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Selected references: New York 1965-66, no. 136; Houston 1966, no. 57; London and elsewhere 1968, no. 116; Middletown 1969, no. 15; Paris 1969, 37-38, no. 35; Gere 1969, 113, 180-81, no. 149; Gere 1970, 127, no. 5; Washington and New York 1973-74, 10-11, no. 7; Fellows Report, 1976, 187-88; Faldi 1981, 52, 56, 58; Milwaukee 1989-90, 136-41, no. 38; Acidini Luchinat 1998-99, 1: 191-92; Scorza 2016, 21-22.
Jacob Bean and Felice Stampfle, Drawings from New York Collections, I, The Italian Renaissance, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1965-1966, no. 136.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 187-188.
J.A. Gere, "The Lawrence-Phillipp-Rosenbach 'Zucarro Album.'"
Master Drawings, VIII, 1970, 127, no. 5, repr.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 7.
Jacob Bean and Felice Stampfle, Drawings from New York Collections, I, The Italian Renaissance, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1965-1966, no. 136.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 187-188.
J.A. Gere, "The Lawrence-Phillipp-Rosenbach 'Zucarro Album.'"
Master Drawings, VIII, 1970, 127, no. 5, repr.
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 7.
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