The Vestal Tuccia c.1550

Pen and ink with wash | 18.5 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905489

Attributed to Girolamo da Carpi (1501-56)

The Vestal Tuccia carrying water in a sieve c.1550

Description

The Vestal virgin Tuccia, profile left, her arms extended holding a sieve full of water. Popham (1949) identified the drawing as a copy after a lost chiaroscuro frescoed by Polidoro on a house in Montecavallo, Rome, as described by Vasari (Milanesi V, p. 146) - cf. also RCIN 905470, 905476.
Popham identified the copyist as Girolamo da Carpi, which seems secure.
People involved

Creator(s)

Attributed to
Search the collection Girolamo da Carpi (1501-56)
(artist)

After
Search the collection Polidoro da Caravaggio (c. 1499-1543)
(artist)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and ink with wash

Measurements

18.5 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Drawings / Watercolours
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – P&W 704

P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London – RL 5489