Design for a Wall Decoration, 1570s
Jacopo Zucchi and studioexpand_more
Pen and brown ink and washexpand_more
Joseph F. McCrindle Collectionexpand_more 2009.29.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
Trained in Florence under Giorgio Vasari, Jacopo Zucchi spent most of his career in Rome working for members of the Medici family in residence there. This architectural drawing is for an unknown decorative project; the coat-of-arms above the doorway, with the six balls or palle of the Medici, indicates it was executed for them. It was probably a proposed design for a gallery in the newly acquired Villa Medici on the Pincian Hill in Rome, where Zucchi worked on several projects. Of the thirty or so drawings attributed with reasonable security to Zucchi, many are decorative architectural drawings such as this one.
Details
- Title
- Design for a Wall Decoration
- Artist Life
- Florence c. 1541-1590 Rome
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2009.29.1
- Provenance
- Sale, Christie's, London, Nov. 27, 1974, lot 225; sold to McCrindle
- Curator Approved
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