Three Figures Supporting a Man, Smaller Sketch of the Same, and Studies for the Blinding of Elymas by Taddeo Zuccaro

Three Figures Supporting a Man, Smaller Sketch of the Same, and Studies for the Blinding of Elymas c. 1558

drawing, print, paper, ink, inorganic-material, ink-drawings, chalk, pen, black-chalk

drawing

toned paper

light pencil work

print

incomplete sketchy

possibly oil pastel

paper

ink

inorganic-material

underpainting

ink-drawings

chalk

water

pen

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

italy

mixed medium

fantasy sketch

black-chalk

watercolor

Taddeo Zuccaro's "Three Figures Supporting a Man, Smaller Sketch of the Same, and Studies for the Blinding of Elymas" is a sketch from 1558, currently housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. The drawing features multiple studies in various states of completion, including a scene of men supporting a fallen figure as well as preliminary sketches of figures and a smaller version of the main scene. The work, executed in pen and brown wash, is characteristic of Zuccaro's style. This particular sketch is thought to be a preparatory drawing for the artist's monumental fresco cycle in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome.