ID: 700007445 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007445	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Taddeo Decorating the Façade of the Palazzo Mattei (drawing (visual work); Federico Zuccaro (Italian, about 1541 - 1609) (Italian Artis...; about 1595; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 99.GA.6.19)

Note: The series culminates with the largest and most elaborate scene, showing Taddeo Zuccaro decorating the facade of the Palazzo Mattei, the work that established his reputation when he was only eighteen years old. Biographer Giorgio Vasari explained that when Taddeo returned to Rome, his cousin Francesco il Sant'Angelo sought him out and they began to work together on many commissions. Francesco recommended him to a Roman nobleman, Jacopo Mattei, and suggested that Taddeo paint the first two subjects to prove his artistic talent when Mattei thought the artist too young. Taddeo sits precariously on a scaffolding painting the facade, with two allegories of Fame flying above. The Three Graces stand around him with Allegories of Spirit and Pride. Although the frescoes are still unfinished in the drawing, the most famous painters in Rome already flock to see them. Michelangelo arrives on horseback with his servant and two of his followers, and Vasari is deep in conversation with Francesco Salviati on the far right. Completed in 1548, the facade was hailed as a masterpiece by the leading artists in Rome, and it cemented the young Taddeo's reputation.

Titles:

Taddeo Decorating the Façade of the Palazzo Mattei (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

allegory (literary genre) [300202507]

..... (Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1595

Creator Display:

Federico Zuccaro (Italian, about 1541 - 1609) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Zuccaro, Federico (Italian painter, architect, 1540/1541-1609) [500020194]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 99.GA.6.19

Display Materials: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, over black chalk and touches of red chalk

	chalk [300011727]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pens (drawing and writing implements) [300022452]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>)

Dimensions: 25 x 42.2 cm (9 13/16 x 16 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Zuccaro, Taddeo (Italian painter and draftsman, 1529-1566) [500011296]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Salviati, Francesco (Italian painter, draftsman, 1510-1563) [500002852]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	fresco painting (technique) [300053357]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>) (AAT)

	Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, 1475-1564) [500010654]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Palazzo Mattei [700002914]
	.....(Palazzo Mattei [700002914], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Taddeo Decorating the Façade of the Palazzo Mattei	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP,JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)