(b. ca. 1542, Sant'Angelo in Vado, d. 1609, Ancona)
Taddeo Zuccaro Copying the Antique Statues in Rome
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Pen and ink and wash, 183 x 425 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Taddeo, Federico's elder brother and mentor, is here drawing the Laocoön, one of the most influential of the ancient statues discovered in the Renaissance. This sketch was for a panel in a series honouring his brother that Federico designed for his personal palazzo.
