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Museum number: 1878,0914.71
Description: '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
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Cort; After: Federico Zuccaro; Published by: Giovanni Orlandi
School/style: Netherlandish; Italian
Production date: 1572
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
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Dimensions: Height: 396 millimetres; Width: 551 millimetres (cut and damaged)
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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.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (211.III) (Cornelis Cort); Bierens de Haan 1948 / L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais 1533-1578 (219)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1878,0914.71

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