Alexander the Great and Bucephalus

c. 1553

Taddeo Zuccaro

Associated Names
Taddeo Zuccaro

Artist, Roman, 1529 - 1566

This is a drawing featuring a horse, human figures, and a natural backdrop. The composition shows an interaction between a figure and a rearing horse, with another figure nearby. The background includes natural elements resembling trees, with flowing lines indicating movement. Ink wash techniques are used to create depth and highlight the forms. The drawing has flowing lines and expressive contours, typical of baroque sketches, focusing on action and expression. The sepia tones add an antiquated quality to the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.4 x 24.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.182.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gere 1969/1995, no. 249, State C

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 1983, lot 62); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1985, no. 80 (checklist only).

1987

  • Master Drawings: The Woodner Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1987, no. 24.

1989

  • Renaissance into Baroque: Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari, 1550-1600, Milwaukee Art Museum and National Academy of Design, New York, 1989-1990, no. 7.

1990

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1990, no. 31.

1995

  • The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 53.

2006

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2007

  • Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro : Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, no. 37.

2017

  • The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1984

  • Stock, Julien. Il valore dei disegni antichi, L'analisi critica, storica ed economica. Turin, 1984: 224.

1994

  • Cheney, Iris. "Renaissance into Baroque: Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari 1550-1600 Exhibition Catalogue." _Master Drawings_32, No. 1 (1994): 64-67.

1995

  • Gere, John A. "Taddeo Zuccaro: Addenda and Corrigenda," Master Drawings 33, no. 3 (Autumn 1995): 302-303, no. 249-C, fig. 84.

  • Gere, John A. Taddeo Zuccaro: His Development Studied in His Drawings. London: Faber and Faber, 1969.Gere, John A. "Taddeo Zuccaro: Addenda and Corrigenda," Master Drawings, 33, no. 3 (Autumn 1995): 223-323.

1998

  • Acidini Luchinat, Cristina. Taddeo e Federico Zuccari, fratelli pittori del Cinquecento. Milan, 1998, 1: 24, 40, note 15, and 25, fig. 1.

Wikidata ID

Q64633030

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