Sheet of Studies for the Blinding of Elymas, Sacrifice at Lystra, and a Holy Family by Taddeo Zuccaro
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Sheet of Studies for the Blinding of Elymas, Sacrifice at Lystra, and a Holy Family

Taddeo Zuccaro · c. 1558

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Possibly William Young Ottley (1771-1836), London (Lugt 2663); possibly his sale, T. Philipe, London, June 20, 1814, lot 1492 (as Taddeo Zuccaro); Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London, embossed stamp (Lugt 2445) recto, lower left; Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London (Lugt 2584); his sale of Sir Thomas Lawrence collection, Christie's, London, June 4, 1860, lot 108 (as Michelangelo). Robert B. Harshe (1879-1938, Director of the Art Institute from 1911 to 1928) Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 1928.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Regina, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, "A Selection of Italian Drawings from North American Collections," January 16-February 15, 1970, p. 20, cat. 10 (ill.) (as Sheet of Studies); traveled to Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, March 5-April 3, 1970.
  • St. Louis Art Museum, Mo., "Italian Drawings Selected from Mid-Western Collections, February 25-April 16, 1972, n.p., cat. 12 (ill. recto) (cat. by Nancy Ward Nielson).
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Old Master Drawings From American Collections," April 29-June 13, 1976, p. 94, cat. 113 (ill.) (cat. by Ebria Feinblatt).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art, "The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles," March 6-April 22, 1979, p. 105, cat. 82 (ill.) (cat. by Edward J. Olszewski, with the assistance of Jane Glaubinger).
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Italian Drawings at The Art Institute of Chicago," cat. by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh; also traveled to Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1979-80.
  • Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame, "Religious Narrative in Sixteenth Century Rome," September 11-October 23, 1983, pp. 75-76, cat. 50 (ill.) (cat. by Richard-Raymond Alasko).
  • "Oltre Raffaello: aspetti della cultura figurativa del cinquecento romano," 1984, pp. 113-14 (cat. by Stefania Macioce), hors cat.
  • Milwaukee Art Museum, "Renaissance into Baroque: Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari, 1550-1600," November 17, 1989-January 14, 1990, pp. 88-91, cat. 15, pl. 14 (cat. by E. James Mundy, et al.); traveled to New York, National Academy of Design, March 13-April 29, 1990.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," April 10-July 22, 1997.

Literature

Published references

  • John A. Gere, Taddeo Zuccaro: His Development Studied in his Drawings (Chicago, 1969), pp. 73-74, 76-77, and 138, no. 22, pls. 94 (recto) and 95 (verso).
  • John Gere, Il manierismo a Roma (Milan, c. 1971), pp. 17 and 83, pl. 17 (recto, as Foglio di Studi).
  • Harold Joachim, Italian drawings of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries (Chicago and London, 1979), p. 79, nos. 3A1-3A2 (ill. microfiche).
  • Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh, Italian Drawings in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1979), pp. 36-37, no. 28, pls. 36-37.
  • John A. Gere, Some Observations on the Practical Utility of Connoisseurship, in Drawings Defined, edited by Walter Strauss and Tracie Felker (New York, 1987), p. 301, fig. 10 (recto).
  • Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), pp. 268-70, no. 350 (ill.), and pl. 27.
  • Cristina Acidini Luchinat, Taddeo e Federico Zuccari, fratelli pittori del Cinquecento (Milan, 1998), vol. I, pp. 70-72, fig. 16.

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