Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso)

Taddeo Zuccaro Italian

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This graceful composition exhibits Taddeo's characteristically fluid line, which renders the forms at once animated, convincingly three-dimensional, and elegantly ornamental. The sheet is a preliminary study for a group of six bathing nymphs that appear on a second, more finished drawing in the Museum’s collection (acc. no. 56.219.3) featuring a circular design with Diana, goddess of hunt, and her nymphs. It has been suggested that the design was part of a projected series of majolica illustrating the activities of Diana and would have preceded Taddeo's well-known commission to design a set of majolica for the king of Spain in 1562. Taddeo's final design for this composition is recorded in a drawing at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 9030).

Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso), Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529–1566 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of red chalk (recto), red chalk (verso)

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Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso), Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529–1566 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of red chalk (recto), red chalk (verso)
Group of Six Reclining Nude Women (Nymphs Bathing) (recto); Sketch of a Leg (verso), Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529–1566 Rome), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of red chalk (recto), red chalk (verso)

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