Taddeo Copying Raphael’s Frescoes in the Loggia of the Villa Farnesina, Where He is Also Represented Asleep, Frederico Zuccaro
Pen and brown ink with brown wash; roughly 17×8″ (42×17 cm). Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Getty Museum which also has a much larger (21mb) downloadable file. The latter, as well as some of the other drawings on the Google Art Project, is of a different tone in representing the color of the ink. I’ve chosen the warmer color, but I have not seen any of these originals. I’ve seen master drawings in both tones.
This is another in a wonderful series of drawings in which 16th century Italian artist Frederico Zuccaro depicts the life of his older brother, Taddeo. This piece is almost a direct companion to a drawing I featured earlier, right down to the quickly noted crescent moon.
You can see other drawings from the series on the Google Art Project and the Getty Museum website.
