Resumen de Federico Zuccaro all'Escorial: alcuni progetti inediti
During his long career, Federico Zuccero -an eclectic, well-travelled and famously intelectual artista who reformed the Accademia di San Luca in Rome- worked for some of the major European courts. Having completed two of his most celebrated painting projects (the murals in the dome of Florence Cathedral and the vault of the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican), he was summoned to the court of Spain, where he arrived in 1585, remaining until the Spring of 1589. Working for Philip II, Zuccaro was mainly active in the Basilica of the Escorial. Unpublished drawings presented here show the evolution of his paintings for the altars of the Reliquary Chapels and those intended for the High Altar, casting a clearer light on the somewhat complex interactions with his Spanish patrons.
