The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants

Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) Italian

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This dynamic sketch of the Virgin and Child with Saints is most closely related to the altarpiece in the Farratino Chapel in the Cathedral of Amelia, dating around 1559-64, but which includes in the foreground Saints Peter and Bartholomew, instead of donors, as in the drawing. A similar composition as in this sketch is recorded on a double-sided drawing at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 12281; 25.4 x 17.3 cm) with the Virgin and Child and St. Joseph on one side and a truncated, roughly sketched version of the entire composition on the verso.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)

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The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants, Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk (recto); black chalk sketch of a nude male torso (verso)

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