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Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari), 1565–77

Artist

Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona)

Date

1565–77

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, watercolor, gouache, highlighted with white gouache, left and central sections squared in red chalk, on three sheets of brown paper, joined vertically. A piece of brown paper with figures of Christ, the Virgin, and St. John the Baptist, measuring 14.0 x 24.0 cm., has been affixed at the center of the drawing.

Size

15 7/8 × 44 13/16 in. (40.3 × 113.8 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed