ZUCCARI, TADDEO

born Sept. 1, 1529, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Duchy of Urbino died Sept. 1/2, 1566, Rome Zuccari also spelled Zuccaro, or Zuccheri Italian painter, leader (with his brother Federico Zuccari) of the Roman Mannerist school of painting. Largely self-trained at Rome, from the early 1550s he executed many decorative frescoes for facades and interiors of palaces and a few religious works. From 1559 until his death he was in charge of his greatest commission, the frescoes and stucco decorations of the Villa dei Farnese at Caprarola, Italy, among the most splendidly ornamented rooms of their time.