Angels and putti in the clouds

Zuccaro, Federico (1540/1541-1609)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1566
Height:
39.8 cm  (15 11/16 in.)
Width:
27.3 cm  (10 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
red and black chalk over graphite?, incised with stylus, on laid paper

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund[Museum inv. no.: 1971.23.1]

Description

This is a study done for a fresco in the Santa Maria Annunziata, Rome. The church was destryoed in 1626; the fresco is known through an engraving by Cornelius Cort, 1566. Angel playing lute.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscription in unknown hand, lower right in brown ink?: B[AP?]

RIdIM record id

136