The Martyrdom of Saint Paul

Taddeo Zuccaro

ca. 1557–58

The Martyrdom of Saint Paul by Taddeo Zuccaro

Medium

Pen and brown and gray ink, brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, on buff paper.

Dimensions

19 3/16 x 14 13/16 in. (48.8 x 37.7 cm) [two pieces joined]

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.553

Tags

SoldiersSufferingMenSaint Paul

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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