Parmigianino

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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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Description:

This small pen and brown ink drawing, washed with red chalk, recalls Parmigianino’s studies for the Madonna dal Collo Lungo. Though he associated the Morgan drawing to the painting, A. E. Popham pointed out that no such figure seems to have been introduced into the composition throughout its development. Because of this, Achim Gnann questions the connection.²

Footnotes:

Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 309.
Gnann 2007, 1: 501, no. 937.

Notes:

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.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 309; Gnann 2007, 501: no. 937.

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