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Taddeo Drawing after the Antique; In the Background Copying a Facade by Polidoro


Fed up with Calabrese and his wife, Taddeo struck out on his own, spending part of the week working as a day laborer and the other part drawing. In this carefully composed work, Taddeo sits in the portico of a palazzo copying an antique sarcophagus. Drawing after antiquities has been a staple of artistic training since the Renaissance. In the background, Taddeo copies a palace facade by Polidoro da Caravaggio. A passerby admires Taddeo’s work.


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Taddeo Drawing after the Antique; In the Background Copying a Facade by Polidoro / F. Zuccaro


Taddeo Drawing after the Antique; In the Background Copying a Facade by Polidoro
Federico Zuccaro
Italian, about 1595
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, over black chalk and touches of red chalk
16 5/8 x 6 7/8 in.
99.GA.6.12


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