Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso)
Taddeo Zuccaro
1529–66
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of red chalk (recto), red chalk (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (12.4 x 12.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.101.20
Tags
Female NudesNymphsBathing
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...