Italian school of the 16th century after Taddeo... Lot 4

Italian school of the 16th century after Taddeo Zuccaro Henry IV Germanic emperor submitting to Pope Gregory VII in Canossa Pen and black ink, brown wash and white gouache highlights on prepared paper 17.7 x 11.8 cm Checked, sketch and annotations on reverse Provenance : Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Solanet, March 14, 1990, n°182 Ancienne collection de Monsieur S, its stamp on the lower right on the back The drawing takes up a fresco of the Salla Regia in the Vatican (see Cristina Acidini Lchinat, " Taddeo e Frederico Zuccari, fratelli pittori del Cinquecento ", Milan, Jandi Sapi Editori, 1988, t. 1, pp. 151-152)