
Coronation of the Virgin, with the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Federico Zuccaro · c. 1570
Provenance
Ownership history
- Nicholas Lanier (died 1666), London [stamp (Lugt 2885) recto, lower left, in black]. Nicolaes Anthoni Flinck (died 1723), Rotterdam [stamp (Lugt 959) recto, lower right, in black]; sold to William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (died 1729), Chatsworth [inv. 199]; sold, Christie’s, London, July 3, 1984, lot 45, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- International Exhibitions Foundation, "Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth, A Loan Exhibition from the Devonshire Collection," 1969, pp. 35–37, cat. 74 (ill.); shown in Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City, Providence, and Houston, and London,
- Aarhus Kunstmuseum, "Mestertegninger fra Chatsworth," Sept. 8–30, 1973, p. 17, cat. 44.
- Milwaukee Art Museum, "Renaissance into Baroque, Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari, 1550–1600," Nov. 17, 1989-Jan. 14, 1990, pp. 192–95, cat. 60 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Gifts of a Lifetime, Old Master Drawings," Dec. 11, 1998-Mar. 30, 1999, checklist no. 8.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, pp. 29-29, cat. 4 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- Cristina Acidini Luchinat, "Federico Zuccari e l'inspirazione dantesca nella Cupola del Duomo di Firenze" in Federico Zuccari e Dante, exh. cat. (Milan: Electa, 1993), p. 47 (ill.).
- J.A. Gere, “Two of Taddeo Zuccaro’s last commissions, completed by Federico Zuccaro. II: The High Altarpiece in S. Lorenzo in Damaso,”Burlington Magazine CVIII (1966): pp. 341–45, p. 341 n.6.
- Michael Jaffé, The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings, Roman and Neapolitan Schools, vol. 2 (London: Phaidon Press, 1994), p. 238, cat. 384, ill..
- Cristina Acidini Luchinat, Taddeo e Federico Zuccari: fratelli pittori del Cinquecento, 2 vols. (Milan, Jandi Sapi Editori, 1998), vol. 1, p. 282 n. 49.
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), pp. 28-29, cat. 4 (ill.).
Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand

Study for The Allegory of Spring
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Standing Angel and two Cherubs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ecce Homo
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence in the Background
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

God the Father
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene from the Last Judgment, Study for the Fresco Decoration of One of the Segments of the Cupola of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-Length Study of a Man Standing in Frontal View, Leaning on Armor and Accompanied by a Boy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paradise
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
Research assistant