Lot 311
311
Circle of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566)

Details
Circle of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566)

Julius III restoring the Duchy of Parma to Ottavio Farnese

with inscriptions 'Zucarro' and '33' (recto) and 'No. 166' (verso); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled bird
13½ x 17½in. (343 x 445mm.)

Lot Essay

Based on a drawing by Taddeo now in the Pierpont Morgan Library for a fresco of the same subject in the Villa Farnese, Caprarola, J. Mundy, Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari, 1500-1600, exhib. cat, Milwaukee Art Museum and elsewhere, 1990, no. 38, illustrated.
We are grateful to James Mundy for his assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.