Wilton album, folio 51: A Pagan Religious Ceremony; eight male figures standing around a flaming altar, the figure on the right pouring libations on the flames

Possibly after Taddeo Zuccaro Italian

1550–60

Not on view

The only print on folio 51
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
Malvasia thought the etching was based on an antique low relief, though according to Bohn, Passerotti may have followed a lost drawing by Taddeo Zuccaro. A very similar drawn composition by Zuccaro exists in the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (inv. no. EBA 349). Bartsch described the subject as a religious sacrifice, but while libations are being poured it not clear that an actual sacrifice is taking place

Artwork Details

Title: Wilton album, folio 51: A Pagan Religious Ceremony; eight male figures standing around a flaming altar, the figure on the right pouring libations on the flames
Artist: Bartolomeo Passerotti (Italian, Bolognese, 1529–1592)
Artist: Possibly after Taddeo Zuccaro (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1529–1566 Rome)
Date: 1550–60
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 9 3/16 × 11 3/8 in. (23.3 × 28.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.78.1(175)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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