print
- Museum number
- 1878,0914.71
- Description
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'The Calumny of Apelles', after the painting by Federico Zuccaro (Hampton Court Palace); central composition with the king/judge with ass's ears enthroned at left, gathered around him, Anger chained and blindfolded in the foreground, Minerva standing at far left, Calumny, a woman, shouting in his ear and holding out a torch, various monstrous and animal figures representing Envy at his feet; standing before the king, Deceit, a serpent-tailed male figure, pulls on the skin cloak of the defendant, a young man, who is accompanied by Mercury and Innocence, a naked woman holding an ermine-like animal, broken yoke on the ground before them; a scene of bestormed harvesters in the background; ornate frame with Minerva's shield at each corner. 1572, as re-issued in 1602
Engraving
- Production date
- 1572
- Dimensions
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Height: 396 millimetres
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Width: 551 millimetres (cut and damaged)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 'Innocente e calunniato: Federico Zuccaro e le vedette d'artista', Uffizi 2009, pp.94-104 for the various versions of this composition and its significance.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,0914.71
