Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Standing Figure of St. Peter with his Left Foot on a Step

Formerly attributed to Taddeo Zuccaro
1529-1566

Standing Figure of St. Peter with his Left Foot on a Step

9 15/16 x 5 1/2 inches (252 x 139 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with white opaque watercolor, on paper; stylus indentations.
IV, 71b

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
The drawing of St. Peter corresponds to a series of six etchings by Bartolomeo Passarotti of Christ and the five Apostles, based on the designs of Taddeo Zuccaro.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on an old mount, at lower left, in pen and red ink, "No 624"; in pen and brown ink, "inconnu"; at lower right, in graphite, "45". On verso of mount, at lower left, in graphite, "504", at lower right, "IV, 71b".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department