Draped Female Figure [the Virgin at the Foot of the Cross (¿?)]

Second half of the XVI century. Wash, Pencil, White lead, Grey-brown ink on grey paper.
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Traditionally given to Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-ca. 1543). The figure´s pose and the handling of the media suggest the work of an artist from the circle of Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566). Especially suggestive of the latter´s influence are the heavily applied passages of white heightening and the rounded folds of drapery at the figure´s waist. The writer suggests that this drawing could be by Trometta. The figure seems to have been intended for that of the Virgin at the foot of the Cross.

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Draped Female Figure [the Virgin at the Foot of the Cross (¿?)]

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Inventory number: D001793
Author: Attributed to Trometta
Title: Draped Female Figure [the Virgin at the Foot of the Cross (¿?)]
Date: Second half of the XVI century
Technique: Wash; Pencil; White lead; Grey-brown ink
Support: Grey paper
Dimension: Width: 131 mm; Height: 194 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931; I. Brun
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 404.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 404.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 1030.

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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