DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

Study for the Cupola of the Duomo, Florence

c. 1575-1576

Artists

Federico ZuccaroArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with local additions of yellow-brown wash on white antique laid paper, discolored to dark tan

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

54.5 x 41.4 cm (21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

Provenance

(W. Apolloni, Rome, 22 April 1978, in catalogue, "Dai manieristi ai neoclassici: disegni italiani," ?). [Sotheby Parke Bernet Italia, Florence, 24 May 1983, lot 346]. [William H. Schab, New York]. Sabatino Abate, Jr., gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

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