The Lament of the Art of Painting, 1579, Engraving; two plates printed on two sheets, Sheet (upper plate): 14 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (36.2 × 53.7 cm), Prints, Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, Hoorn ca. 1533–1578 Rome), after Federico Zuccaro (Zuccari) (Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado 1540/42–1609 Ancona), This most ambitious allegory of the art of painting is also a highly personal work: it is generally accepted that the print was prompted by the criticism the Italian painter Federico Zuccaro endured after he finished the decoration of the dome of the Florence Cathedral in 1574
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Lament, Art, Painting, 1579, Engraving, two plates printed, sheets, Sheet, upper plate, 14 1/4, 21 1/8, 36.2, 53.7 cm, Prints, Cornelis Cort, Netherlandish, Hoorn ca., 1533–1578, Rome, after Federico Zuccaro, Zuccari, Italian, Sant'Angelo in Vado, 1540/42–1609, Ancona, ambitious allegory, art, painting, highly personal work, generally accepted, print, prompted, criticism, Italian painter, Federico, Zuccaro, endured, finished, decoration, dome, Florence Cathedral, 1574
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