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| Federico Zuccaro Figure composition 16th century drawing Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (formerly owned by Pierre-Jean Mariette) |
The first drawing in this group, now at the Ashmolean in Oxford, belonged in the 18th century to Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) whose still-famous collection of 9.000 drawings was dispersed after his death. The Morgan Library in New York recently reunited a number of these in an exhibition called Pierre-Jean Mariette and the Art of Collecting "to consider the particular ways in which Mariette studied, mounted, restored, and displayed the drawings in his collection." Drawings survive in such remarkable numbers from the great centuries of European art mainly because they attracted collectors from an early date.
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| circle of Taddeo Zuccaro Allegorical Figure of Justice 16th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Taddeo Zuccaro Man on crutches 16th century drawing Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Biagio Pupini Two Barbarian Prisoners at a Roman Triumph ca. 1524 drawing Prado |
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| Timoteo Viti Figure studies early 16th century drawing British Museum |
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| Timoteo Viti Figure with staff early 16th century drawing British Museum |
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| Enea Vico Roman sculpture of the Nile as River God 16th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Enea Vico Roman sculpture of the Tiber as River God 16th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Vanni Standing woman ca. 1596-98 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Paolo Veronese Figures at an Altar late 16th century drawing Victoria and Albert Museum |
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| Paolo Veronese The Angel appears to Zacharias 16th century drawing British Museum |
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| Girolamo Romanino Climbing Figure 1550s drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Giorgio Vasari St Luke painting the Virgin's portrait ca. 1567-72 drawing Prado |
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| Giorgio Vasari First Fruits offered to Saturn 1555-56 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art |