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Parmigianino
1503-1540
Standing Child Drawing Back a Curtain
ca. 1535-1538
Pen and brown ink on paper washed with red chalk.
3 3/8 x 1 13/16 inches (86 x 47 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 46e
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Watermark: none.
Inscription:
Inscribed on recto of mount at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Parmeggiano"; at upper left, in graphite, "17", on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, with Richardson Senior's pressmarks, "S.8 (?) / L (?) 30 / AA 19. / A".
Provenance:
Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680; Lugt 2092), London; Jonathan Richardson Sr. (1665-1745; Lugt 2184), London; Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792; Lugt 2364), London; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
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Selected references: Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 309; Gnann 2007, 501: no. 937.
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