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Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life

1529–66
Not on view
A rarely remembered biblical story from Acts (20:7–12) is that of Eutychus, who fell from a third-story window while listening raptly to the preaching of Paul. Miraculously, the apostle restored the young man to life. This exuberant, friezelike composition with three standing men at left and three men bent over at right, defined Taddeo's early plans for the decoration of the vault chapel of Mario Frangipani (1506-1569) in the church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome. Around 1558, Taddeo Zuccaro received the commission to decorate the chapel with scenes from the life of Saint Paul, but the decorations of the lower walls were still unfinished at his death in September 1566. The artist produced a great amount of drawings for this crucial Roman commission, including other studies in the Metropolitan Museum of Art like the ‘Martyrdom of Saint Paul’ (Robert Lehman Collection inv. 1975.1.553), frescoed in the center of the vault of the Chapel, and a monumental study for a ‘Standing Prophet in a Niche’ (inv. 57.32.2). (F.R.)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life
  • Artist: Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529–1566 Rome)
  • Date: 1529–66
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on gray paper
  • Dimensions: sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (33.7 x 46.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.188
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment, Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint (?)
Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment
Taddeo Zuccaro
Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari)
16th century
The Sea Battle in the Gulf of Morbihan, Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, Brush and red wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, and some compass construction
The Sea Battle in the Gulf of Morbihan
Taddeo Zuccaro
16th century
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper; traces of framing lines in pen and brown ink along upper and right borders
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Taddeo Zuccaro
ca. 1550
Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book, Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book
Taddeo Zuccaro
1529–66
Studies for a Circular Composition of Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso), Taddeo Zuccaro Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Studies for a Circular Composition of Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso)
Taddeo Zuccaro
1529–66

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