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ZUA, a small river of the Caraccas, in the province of 
Cumana, which rises east of San Fernando, and enters the 
Chivata. 
ZUAQUEO, a small river of Mexico, in the province of 
Ostimuri, which enters the Hiaqui. 
ZUANE, Cape, St., a promontory on the north coast of 
the island of Candia. Lat. 35. 15. N. long. 25. 41. E. 
ZUBERECZ, a village of Hungary; 41 miles norlh-north- 
east of Neusohl. Population 1000. 
ZUBIENA, a town of Italy, in the Piedmontese province 
of Biella, between the Alps and the Po, on the small river 
Arcol. Population nearly 5000. 
ZUCCARELLO, a fortified castle of Italy, in the Sardi¬ 
nian states, duchy of Genoa. 
ZUCCARO, or Zucchero (Tadeo), was a painter of 
considerable renown, born at S. Agnolo in Vado, in the 
duchy of Urbino, in 1529. His father, Ottaviano Zuccaro, 
was also a painter, but of moderate talents ; and Tadeo was 
principally indebted to Pompeo de Fano lor initiation in the 
art. Having, as he imagined, exhausted the store of informa¬ 
tion to be derived from his preceptor, animated by love of 
his art and a desire to free his father from further charge on 
his account, he, at the age of fourteen, went to Rome, unknow¬ 
ing and unknown. His relation Francesco d’Agnolo was then 
engaged painting, with Pierino del Vaga, the grotesques of 
the Vatican, and he had some hope of assistance from him ; 
but his application was vain, and he was obliged to earn his 
daily bread by grinding colours in different shops, wherever 
he could find employment. He divided his time between 
this labour and copying from the works of Raphael, in the 
Palazzo Ghigi particularly, and was often compelled to sleep 
under the loggie of the palace, being unable to procure bet¬ 
ter accommodation. Weary at length of so much misery, he 
returned to his father, but soon left him to revisit the great 
emporium of art. Fortune now began to smile upon him; 
he became known to an artist named Giacomone, and having 
improved much with him, and acquired some credit, his rela¬ 
tion Francesco d’Agnolo noticed him, and for a time they 
worked together. Afterwards he was engaged by Daniello 
da Parma, a scholar of Corregio and Parmegiano, to assist 
him in painting a chapel of Santa Maria, in a church at 
Vitto, in Abruzzo. The work was in fresco, and Zuccaro, 
according to Vasari, painted a large portion of the subjects 
required. When this was done, he returned to Rome, and 
was employed by G. Mattie to paint a facade of the Palazzo 
Mattei in fresco, where he executed, in chiaro oscuro, nine 
historical pieces relative to the history of Furio Camillo. He 
was then only 18, and the execution of them was a matter of 
surprise to all who saw them. By this his first public work 
he gained so much reputation, that he soon acquired consi¬ 
derable employment. The duke d’Urbino, hearing of his 
fame, sent for him to Urbino, and gave him a commission to 
paint in fresco the chapel of the Duomo there, which was 
delayed by various causes, and he returned to Rome in the 
time of Julius III., who employed him, under Vasari, in the 
Vatican, to paint in a frieze the labours of Hercules, which 
were afterwards destroyed by pope Paul IV., to make room 
for other works. Hitherto he had been principally employed 
upon ornamental subjects, but now a serious one was en¬ 
trusted to his pencil; and he painted in fresco, for the church 
of Santa Maria della Consolazione, several subjects of the 
passion of the Saviour, which are regarded as among his best 
productions. He was afterwards called upon to exert his skill, 
by the cardinal Farnese, in the Palazzo Caprarola. This is 
his greatest work, and is that whereon his reputation most de¬ 
pends. He was liberally paid by the cardinal. The whole 
ornamental part of the building was entrusted to his care, 
and he laboured with great earnestness to make it honourable 
to himself and pleasing to. his employer. It has been en¬ 
graved by Prenner in a set of forty-five plates. Tadeo Zuc¬ 
caro died at Rome in 1566. 
ZUCCARO (Federigo), was a younger brother of Tadeo 
just mentioned, and born in 1543. He received his instruc¬ 
tion from his brother, with whom he was placed at Rome, 
when very young, and who paid him the most affectionate 
attention. He soon rendered himself useful to Tadeo in his 
great works, and engaged also in some labours for himself. 
Pope Pius IV. employed him, in conjunction with F. Bar- 
rocio, in ihe Palazzo Belvidere, where he gained great repu¬ 
tation. The brothers continued to work together without ri¬ 
valry, and co-operated at the Vatican and the Villa Farnese. 
He was invited to Florence by the grand duke to finish the 
cupola, left imperfect by Vasari, and succeeded in pleasing 
his employer. 
Gregory XIII. engaged him to paint the vault of the Ca- 
pella Paolina: but having some dispute with the officers of 
his holiness, he avenged himself by a satirical picture which 
he exhibited. By this the pope was offended, and Zuccaro 
was obliged to fly, and leave his great work unfinished. He 
took refuge in France, where he was sometime employed by 
the cardinal of Lorrain: and from thence he went to Flan¬ 
ders, where he painted cartoons for tapestries. 
In 1574 he visited England, and was received very favour¬ 
ably. Here he painted portraits. The queen sat to him, 
and many of the nobility. How long he remained here is 
not exactly known. When he returned to Italy, he went to 
reside at Venice, where the patriarch Grimani employed him 
in his chapel to finish the fresco ornaments, begun by Bat¬ 
tista Franco, and he added some designs of his own to them. 
He also painted there a large picture of the Adoration of the 
Magi. In conjunction with the great masters then living in 
Venice, he was employed in the hall of the grand council of 
that city, and he obtained as his reward the honour of knight¬ 
hood. He soon after returned to Rome, and the pope not 
only overlooked his indiscretion, but allowed him to com¬ 
plete the work he had begun in the Capella Paolina. 
On the accession of Sixtus V. he was invited to Madrid by 
Philip II. to adorn the walls and ceilings of the Escurial; but 
though he painted with his usual skill, and covered immense 
quantities.of space, he had not his usual success in affording 
pleasure to his patron. Philip was not gratified with his 
works, and Zuccaro was dismissed; not, however, without 
being munificently rewarded for his labours. The works he 
left behind him were afterwards covered over by others from 
the hand of Pellegrini Tibaldi. On his return to Rome he 
established the academy of St. Luke, for which lie received 
letters patent from Gregory XIII., and to which, at his 
death, which happened in 1609, he bequeathed all his pro¬ 
perty. 
ZUCCHERELLI (Francesco), a very pleasing landscape 
painter, was born at Pitigliano in Tuscany, in 1702. He for 
some time attempted history, but abandoned it, and adhered 
solely to landscapes, which he adorned with very agreeably 
composed groups of figures. In 1752 he visited England, 
where he was much encouraged; but our greatest debt to 
him is due for his having persuaded Wilson to adopt land¬ 
scape for his object, instead of portrait. At the founda¬ 
tion of the Royal Academy he was chosen an original mem¬ 
ber. After remaining here twenty years, he returned to 
Italy, and settled at Florence, where he had the misfortune 
to be reduced to indigence, by the suppression of a monas¬ 
tery where he had lodged the money he had acquired. He 
again resumed the pencil to support himself, and died at 
Florence in 1788, aged 86. 
• ZUDISIITIRA, in Hindoo Mythology, is one of the he¬ 
roic sons of Pandu, whose wars and adventures occupy a 
considerable portion of the Mahabarat, an epic poem of great 
celebrity in the Shanscrit language. 
ZUCKMANTEL, a town of Austrian Silesia; 17 miles 
north-west of Jagerndorf. Population 3000. 
ZUDNOV, a town of European Russia, in the government 
of Podolia, with 3400 inhabitants. 
ZUEROS, a town of Spain, in Cordova; 27 miles south¬ 
east of Cordova. Population 2000. 
ZUFFERABAD, a town of Hindostan, province of Alla¬ 
habad, and district of Joanpore. It is a flourishing place, 
and contains 20,000 inhabitants. Lat. 25. 49. N. long. 
82. 40. E. 
ZUFFURABAD, the Mahometan name of the fortress in 
Beider, in Hindostan.—As this name signifies the town of 
Victory, 
