Design for a frieze with a square tablet flanked by figures squatting on a pair of volutes
Drawing
16th century (drawn)
16th century (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Drawing, Design for a frieze with a square tablet flanked by figures squatting on a pair of volutes, school of Perino Del Vaga, Italy, pen and ink and wash, 16th century
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a frieze with a square tablet flanked by figures squatting on a pair of volutes (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash |
| Brief description | Drawing, Design for a frieze with a square tablet flanked by figures squatting on a pair of volutes, school of Perino Del Vaga, Italy, pen and ink and wash, 16th century |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed within the tablet in an old hand in ink 'di tadeo Zucaro' |
| Object history | PROVENANCE J. Colbacchini (sale, Sotheby, 22 May 1871, lot 129 or 130, bought by the Museum) |
| Bibliographic reference | Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, cat. 386, p. 178, illus.
The following is the full text of the entry:
school of
VAGA, PERINO DEL
Designs for architectural ornament
386
Design of a frieze with a square tablet flanked by figures squatting on a pair of volutes
Inscribed within the tablet in an old hand in ink 'di tadeo Zucaro'
Pen and ink and wash
4 ¼ x 10 1/8 (108 x 257) 7842.3
PROVENANCE J. Colbacchini (sale, Sotheby, 22 May 1871, lot 129 or 130, bought by the Museum)
The former attribution to Taddeo Zuccaro is not convincing. The style suggests an artist under the influence of Perino. The type of frieze that consists of a row of tablets flanked by squatting caryatids is characteristic of Perino. The frieze in the drawing is similar to one designed by Perino in the Palazzo Massimi, Rome. See K. Oberhuber, 'Observations on Perino del Vaga as a draughtsman' in Master Drawings, 4, 1966, p. 173, fig. 1. Compare also two drawings by Perino for that or a similar frieze illustrated ibidem, pls. 38a and 38b. They are in the Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, inv. nos. Hdz. 417 and 418. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 7842:3 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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