One of a number of studies for Federico's fresco in the Sala del Gran Consiglio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The earliest surviving drawing shows the scene in reverse, looking from the Piazzetta towards the Torre dell'Orologio, Mundy, op.cit., no. 86. A first idea for the composition looking towards the lagoon was first published by John Gere, The Lawrence-Philips-Rosenbach 'Zuccaro' Album, Master Drawings, VIII, 1970, p. 132, fig. 1. The present drawing must represent the next stage in the evolution of the artist's idea, followed by a 'fair copy' in the Getty, Goldner, no. 55. Further drawings connected with individual figures are at Christ Church, Oxford and in the Institut Néerlandais, Paris, J. Byam Shaw, Drawings by Old Masters at Christ Church, Oxford, Oxford, 1976, no. 545, pl. 299 and J. Byam Shaw, Italian Drawings of the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, 1983, no. 142, pl. 165. A double-sided sheet from the Woodner Collection sold in these Rooms, 2 July 1991, lot 97, illustrated, comprises genre studies subsequently used in the fresco