Caesar destroying the bridge at Geneva

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 42,2 x 28,8 cm

Inventory numberNMH 479/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitel (sv): Caesar förstör bron i Genève Titel (en): Caesar destroying the bridge at Geneva Titel i inventariet (sv): Caesar låter afbryta en bro

DescriptionDescription: No watermark. Inscribed at upper right in pen and brown ink: "Cesare presso a gienova rompe il ponte" and on the mount: "Federico Zuccaro" ; Numbered at lower right: 405 (Sparre). Verso: Figure studies. Black chalk. Gere has identified the drawing as a work of Taddeo. It is a study for a maiolica design known in its finished form in a drawing in Lord Leicester´s collection ; furthermore, the black chalk studies on the verso, some of which are for figures on the recto, are in Taddeo´s freest and most masterly style. The style of the inscription is identical with that on the underside of the dish in the Victoria and Albert Museum for which Lord Leicester´s drawing served as the design. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 606]

Collection

Geographical origin

MaterialBlack chalk (Crayon), Paper

TechniqueDrawing, Wash drawing