Federico Zuccaro (c.1541-1609)

The Marriage of the Virgin

Details

Federico Zuccaro (c.1541-1609)
The Marriage of the Virgin
with inscription 'Federico' (erased, recto) and 'Taddeo Zucchiro' on a label attached to the verso
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
the architectural elements incised, the upper edge arched
330 x 271 mm.

Provenance

V. Rver (L. 2984a-c), his numbers '36 33'.
Jhr. J. Goll. van Franckenstein (L. 2987), his number 'N. 3147'.
Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere; by descent, Sotheby's, 5 December 1972, lot 101 (2,600 to Mrs. Scharf).

Literature

A.E. Popham and C. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1996, under no. 265.

Lot Essay

A drawing of the same subject and shape is at Holkham Hall, A.E. Popham and C. Lloyd, op. cit., no. 265, where it is connected to the fresco in the Cappella dei Duchi d'Urbino in the Basilica di Santa Casa in Loreto.

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