Taddeo Zuccaro: His Development Studied in his Drawings

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardbound. VG/VG but for slight sunning to covers. Red cloth with black title square on spine and gold lettering; cream illustrated dj with black and brown lettering; 239 text pp. with 176 plates. A thorough study of the life and work of Italian Mannerist painter Taddeo Zuccaro (1529-1566). Many of his pieces were once wrongly-attributed to his younger brother, Federico, leaving Taddeo's work obscured. This book serves to bring his art out of obscurity and to lift him into his rightful place as one of the best draughtsmen of the later Italian Renaissance. Contents as follows: Preface -- Dates I the life of Taddeo Zuccaro and of Federico Zuccaro up to 1566 -- Works referred to in abbreviated from -- introduction -- Catalogue of drawings -- Indexes: to catalogue, related works ; to catalogue, subjects ; to catalogue, previous attributions ; to introduction and catalogue, persons referred to -- Photographic sources -- Plates. (Inventory #: 113623)