Angels and putti in the clouds
Zuccaro, Federico (1540/1541-1609)
Item type:drawingDate of creation:1566Height: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 paperItem 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 1Notes
Inscription in unknown hand, lower right in brown ink?: B[AP?]
RIdIM record id
136