Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 14. The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III.

Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton

Federico Zuccaro

The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III

Auction Closed

January 26, 04:31 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton

Federico Zuccaro

Sant' Angelo in Vado, Marches 1540/42 - 1609 Ancona

The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III


Black chalk and pen and brown ink and wash on oiled paper, with numerous pentimenti on separate pieces of paper inserted by the artist

528 by 459 mm; 20⅜ by 18⅛ in.

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 1972, lot 28,
where acquired by Ian Woodner (1903-1990), New York,
his estate sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1992, lot 18;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 April 1998, lot 27,
where purchased by the present owner
G. Goldner, The J. Paul Getty Museum. European Drawings I: Catalogue of the Collections, Malibu 1988, under cat. no. 55
Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, and Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, 1983-84, cat. no. 25, reproduced;
Milwaukee, Art Museum, and New York, National Academy of Design, Renaissance into Baroque, Italian Master Drawings by the Zuccari 1550-1600, 1989-90, cat. no. 88, reproduced