The Martyrdom of Saint Paul
ca. 1557–58
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
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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...