Taddeo Zuccaro

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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

ca. 1562-1563

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.

13 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (353 x 557 mm; exclusive of added strip)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1973.27

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Both the recto and verso of this sheet are for frescoes in the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani in Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola.

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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.

Provenance:

Possibly William Gibson (1644 or 1645-1702; see Lugt 2092), Surrey; Jonathan Richardson, Sr.(1665-1745; Lugt 2184), London; Thomas Dimsdale (1758-1823; Lugt 2426), London; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2445), London; Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853; no mark; see Lugt 2584), London; Lawrence-Woodburn sale, London, Christie's, 4-8 June 1860, lot 1074 (one of several drawings); Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872; no mark; see Lugt S. 924b), London; by descent to Thomas Fitzroy Phillips Fenwick (1756-1938); Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham; Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (1876-1952), Philadelphia; purchased in New York in 1953 by Janos Scholz (1903-1993; no mark; see Lugt 2933b).

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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.

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.

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