F. Rotatori - An unpublished drawing after Raphael and reflections on Federico Zuccari

The aim of this article is to present a hypothesis which attributes an unpublished drawing after Ra­phael located in the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome to the painter and theoretician Federico Zuccari (Sant’Angelo in Vado, 1539 -Ancona, 1609)

The proposal is analyzed in the context of the attention paid to the Urbino artist, which provided a theoretical, critical and methodological basis for subsequent studies within the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Thanks to the efforts of Federico Zuccari, Raphael became a model and point of reference for the Rome Academy, whilst in Florence Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Firenze, 1574) promoted the myth of Michelangelo as a paradigm for the members of the Florentine Accademia del Disegno.

 

Federico Zuccari, Raphael, drawings, Accademia di San Luca