Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book

Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book by Taddeo Zuccaro

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on brownish paper

Dimensions

15-7/8 x 5-11/16 in. (40.4 x 14.4 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Walter Lowry, 1957

Accession Number

57.32.2

Tags

BooksMen

About the Artist

Taddeo Zuccaro · 15291566

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...

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