Lot Essay
Federico Zuccaro drew genre studies for use in later compositions, as is the case with the studies of a kneeling boy (recto) and the standing man (verso), both used by the artist in drawings for The Submission of Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III; the boy appears in the final composition.
The seated nude appears in the foreground of a drawing in the Louvre (inv.4436), Saint Peter and the Disciples praying to decide whether Matthew or Barnabas will replace Judas as an Apostle
The seated nude appears in the foreground of a drawing in the Louvre (inv.4436), Saint Peter and the Disciples praying to decide whether Matthew or Barnabas will replace Judas as an Apostle