Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro: Artist-Brothers in Renaissance Rome

by Julian Brooks

One of the most important series of drawings in late-sixteenth-century Italian art--the twenty large sheets by Federico Zuccaro (ca. 1541-1609) showing the early life of his older brother, Taddeo (1529-1566)--was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1999. Never fully published, the series shows Taddeo's trials and tribulations as a young artist trying to achieve success in Renaissance Rome, and his eventual triumph. The drawings contain charming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892369027
• ISBN13: 9780892369027
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 11.7"