A Man Seen from Behind [recto]
Taddeo Zuccaro
c. 1555
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Medium
red chalk heightened with white on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 34.4 x 18.3 cm (13 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.4.2.a
About the Artist
Taddeo Zuccaro · 1529–1566
Taddeo Zuccaro, born on September 1, 1529, in Sant'Angelo in Vado within the Duchy of Urbino, emerged from a modest artistic family as the son of the little-known painter Ottaviano Zuccaro, in whose workshop he received his initial training. Encouraged by the local artist Pompeo da Fano, who served briefly as his teacher according to Giorgio Vasari, Taddeo relocated to Rome around age 14, where he...