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Copy after Parmigianino
1503-1540
Entombment
after 1527
Pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white, on parchment.
12 5/16 x 8 1/8 inches (311 x 207 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 46
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Watermark: none.
The drawing appears to be a copy after an etching by Parmigianino.
Provenance:
Robert Stayner Holford (1808-1892; Lugt 2243), London, Gloucester and Westonbirt; his sale, Christie's, London, 14 July 1893, lot 660 "The Entombment, an important drawing, with many figures - in sepia"; George Salting (1835-1909; no mark; see Lugt 2260-2261), 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:
Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892, former owner.
Salting, George, 1835-1909, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography:
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 46 (as Parmigiano); Copertini 1932, 1: 56, note 27 (as not Parmigianino); Poughkeepsie 1968, no. 17.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 46.
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