Federico Zuccaro

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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

1568-1570

Black and red chalk on paper; verso: black and red chalk.

5 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (144 x 207 mm)

Gift of János Scholz.

1974.24

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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

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, at lower center, in black chalk, "Feder Zucheri".

Provenance:

Giovanni Piancastelli, Rome (1845-1926; no mark; see Lugt 2078a); Edward and Mary Brandegee, Boston (1904-1944; no mark; see Lugt 1860c); János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Piancastelli, Giovanni, 1845-1926, 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 János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 9, repr. (includes full bibliography and exhibitions).

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