Սուրբ Ռոման

This paper work dated 1550 and held in the National Gallery of Armenia bears the title Սուրբ Ռոման — Saint Roman in Armenian — and is attributed to Federico Zuccari. The 1550 date is problematic: Zuccari was born around 1541, making him approximately nine years old in 1550. The attribution and date require caution; the work may be by a member of the Zuccari workshop, an earlier date may have been misread, or the attribution itself may need revision. Saint Roman (San Romano or Saint Romanus) was venerated in both Western and Eastern Christian traditions. The National Gallery of Armenia's holding of an Italian Mannerist work on paper reflects the complex pathways through which European art entered Armenian collections during and after the Soviet period.

Paper support for a saint's image suggests a devotional drawing or print-related work rather than a finished painting. The medium's lightness and portability may explain the work's eventual arrival in Armenian collections. If the figure is depicted with standard martyr attributes — palm branch, instruments of torture — these would anchor the hagiographic identification regardless of the attribution questions.