Unidentified scene from Ancient History

Second half of the XVI century. Wash, Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink, White lead on blue paper.
Not on display

The original drawing recorded in this copy was probably intended as a design for maiolica. The subject may be Artaxerxes pointing to the head of Cyrus.

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Inventory number: D001790
Author: Anonymous (Circle of: Federico Zuccaro)
Title: Unidentified scene from Ancient History
Date: Second half of the XVI century
Technique: Wash; Pencil; Pencil ground; Grey-brown ink; White lead
Support: Blue paper
Dimension: Diameter: 265 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. 423.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 423.

Other inventories +

Inv. Legado Pedro Fernández Durán, 1931. Núm. 1268.

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

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