print
- Museum number
- V,8.203
- Description
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St Eustace falling on his left knee at the moment of his conversion to Christianity when the deer with the crucifix in its antlers at the upper right appeared to him, behind him is a horse. 1575
Engraving
- Production date
- 1575
- Dimensions
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Height: 280 millimetres
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Width: 187 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This print is based on Zuccaro's fresco on the façade of the Palazzetto Chermandio, Rome, which relates the story of St Eustace. Although badly damaged, the scene of his conversion is well preserved. Two drawings by Zuccaro of this subject survive one in the Uffizi and the other in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (62.76). For the fresco and drawings see C. Acidini Luchinat, 'Taddeo e Federico Zuccari fratelli pittori del Cinquecento', Rome, 1998, pp. 110-13.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- V,8.203