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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Sheet of Studies for the Blinding of Elymas, Sacrifice at Lystra, and a Holy Family
    Taddeo Zuccaro. Sheet of Studies for the Blinding of Elymas, Sacrifice at Lystra, and a Holy Family, c. 1558. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00004634

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

    by Taddeo Zuccaro

    Inscriptions

    Inscribed verso, upper left, in pen and brown ink: "favi-4"

    Provenance

    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.

    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.

    Publications

    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.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Taddeo Zuccaro / Italian, 1529-1566
    Date
    c. 1558
    Medium
    Pen and brown ink, and brush and red chalk and brown wash, on ivory laid paper
    Dimensions
    38.6 × 27.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    pen and ink drawings
    Place
    Italy
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Gift of Robert B. Harshe
    Accession no.
    1928.196R

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