Drawn in red chalk, two men and a woman worship before an altar displaying a sculpture of the crucified Christ.
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Drawn in red chalk, a couple are shown kneeling before an altar with their hands clasped in prayer. Another man makes to kneel behind them. All the worshippers are expensively dressed: the man wears a ruffle and the woman a lace collar. On the altar is a large sculpture of Christ on the crucifix. White gouache highlights the front of the worshippers’ bodies and the long, exposed length of Christ’s side so it appears as if Christ is giving off light.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.433
People
Federico Zuccaro, Italian (Sant'Angelo in Vado, Italy c. 1541 - 1609 Ancona, Italy)
Title
Nobles Worshipping Before a Crucifix
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296385

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk heightened with white gouache on tan antique laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
27 × 20.5 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: Mount, l.r, Embossed: L. 970 [F. Abbott]
  • inscription: l.l., Graphite (?): F. Zuccaro [possibly some notation of a date placed after the name]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Moriz von Fries, Vienna (Lugt 2903)[?]. Francis Abbott (Lugt 970). [P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1929), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.433
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 213, p. 114; vol. 2, repr. fig. 117

Verification Level

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