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Artist/Maker(s): Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (Italian, 1503 - 1540)
Culture: Italian
Place(s): Italy (Place created)
Date: 1526
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, over red chalk, heightened with white gouache incised line separating the two studies at the center of the sheet
Dimensions: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Markings: Markings: The marks of the following collectors appear either on the recto of the sheet or on the front of the old (Jonathan Richardson, Sr.) mat Jonathan Richardson (L. 2184) lower left corner William Esdaile (L. 2617, a monogram in brown ink) on the mat, just below the lower right corner of the gilt edging to the drawing Benjamin West (L. 419, a dry stamp) in the lower right corner John Barnard (L. 1419, a monogram in brown ink) on the mat, in the lower right corner of the border. On the other side of the mat, the mark of John Barnard is repeated. Marked in the center, in graphite, the collection mark J.Th.” (L. 1544), i.e. Jonathan Thane and the collection mark of Charles Sackville Bale (L. 640).
Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed on the back side of the mat at the upper right, in brown ink, by John Barnard, “No:720/6 by 5 1/4” inscribed in the center, in graphite, in an unknown, late 19th-century hand, “from the collections of / Richardson / Benjamin West / John Barnard / W. Esdaile / Ch. S. Bale / Parmigianino” also, the notes “Fairfax Murray Coll.” “25.” “cat. no. 106
SKU: 200781
