The Sea Battle in the Gulf of Morbihan
16th century
Medium
Brush and red wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, and some compass construction
Dimensions
sheet: 12 x 16 15/16 in. (30.5 x 43 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Katrin Bellinger, 2008
Accession Number
2008.178.11
Tags
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...