The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence in the Background
A preparatory study by Federico Zuccaro for the high altarpiece in San Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome, a work commissioned from his older brother Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566) but actually executed by Federico and completed in 1568, nearly two years after Taddeo's death. The finished altarpiece differs from this project in that the upper half of the composition is occupied by a representation of the Coronation of the Virgin (see Gere 1966, fig. 2). John A. Gere has pointed out that Federico has combined in the present drawing two motifs studied separately by Taddeo in surviving drawings that relate to this project: the appearance of the Virgin to the four saints (inspired by Raphael's "Madonna di Foligno," 1512), and the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. Finished "modelli" by Federico, corresponding in every detail with the painting, are in the Louvre, Chatsworth, and Bremen. The final altarpiece was engraved by Cornelis Cort and published by Lorenzo Vaccari in 1576 (see acc. no. 51.501.3320).
Artwork Details
- Title: The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence in the Background
- Artist: Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona)
- Date: 1566–68
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red and black chalk, on beige paper
- Dimensions: 14 7/16 x 9 5/8in. (36.7 x 24.4cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of John Steiner, 1977
- Object Number: 1977.76
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari)
n.d.
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1540–1609
Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari)
Anonymous, French, 17th century
ca. 1594
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