Federico Zuccaro
Design for Maiolica: Caesar, Enthroned, Hears the Pleas of Kneeling Barbarians
About this artwork
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title:Design for Maiolica: Caesar, Enthroned, Hears the Pleas of Kneeling Barbarians
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accession number:D 1512
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materials:Pen, brown ink and wash on paper, laid down
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:Diameter: 14.70 cm
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
Federico Zuccaro
Federico Zuccaro
A native of Sant’Angelo in Vado near Urbino, Federico went on to become the leading painter in late sixteenth-century Rome. As a young artist he went to Rome to work alongside his elder brother Taddeo, who supervised his training and output like a master. The brothers collaborated on numerous commissions…