Niccolo MARTINELLI, known as Il TROMETTA (Pesaro, c.1540 - Rome, 1611) The Virgin on her throne with the Christ Child Saviour of the world, surrounded by Saint Joseph and angels, with a group of three figures in adoration Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black pencil and red chalk, partially oxidised white gouache highlights, on beige-tinted paper Annotated 'Taddeo Zuccaro' in black pencil on verso Unidentified collector's mark, lower left verso, and numbered upper right (Slightly oiled, small stains) Without frame The Virgin on her throne with the Christ child, savior of the world, surrounded by Saint Joseph and angels, with a group of three figures in adoration, pen and brown ink, brown wahs and red chalk, white gouache highlights, by N. Martinelli called Il Trometta 9.84 x 6.69 in. 25 x 17 cm Provenance: Katrin Bellinger, Munich, 1995 (as Federico Zuccaro) ; Jeffrey E. Horwitz Collection; His sale, The Jeffrey E. Horwitz Collection of Italian Drawings, New York, Sotheby's, 23 January 2008, no. 38 (as Federico Zuccaro); At Pandora Old Masters, New York, 2013 (as Federico Zuccaro) Bibliography: Heiko Damm, notice in Galleria portatile. Old Master Drawings from the Hoesch Collection, Petersberg, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2017, no. 14, pp. 76-79, repr. p. 77 This drawing, executed around 1580/90, is a repeat of a composition by Federico Zuccaro known from a very similar drawing in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (op. cit., fig.1). Trometta and Federico were both assistants to Taddeo, and it is likely that they also collaborated on Federico's work. Federico Zuccaro drew several sheets on this theme, but no final painting is known. He took up the idea of his composition and enlarged it for a large altarpiece painted in 1603 in Sant'Angelo in Vado (op. cit., fig. 2). Our drawing, which is very well finished, has the appearance of a modello (intended for a possible patron) or a ricordo. Niccolo MARTINELLI, known as Il TROMETTA (Pesaro, c.1540 - Rome, 1611) 25 x 17 cm This drawing, executed around 1580/90, is a repeat of a composition by Federico Zuccaro known from a very similar drawing in the Metropolitan Museum in New York (op. cit., fig.1). Trometta and Federico were both assistants to Taddeo, and it is likely that they also collaborated on Federico's work. Federico Zuccaro drew several sheets on this theme, but no final painting is known. He took up the idea of his composition and enlarged it for a large altarpiece painted in 1603 in Sant'Angelo in Vado (op. cit., fig. 2). Our drawing, which is very well finished, has the appearance of a modello (intended for a possible patron) or a ricordo.