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Parmigianino
1503-1540
Marriage of the Virgin
ca. 1526
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on paper; verso: illegible sketch, at upper left, in pen and brown ink.
4 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches (120 x 85 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 46b
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Watermark: IHS with a cross above H. Cf. Briquet 9462.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, at upper left, in graphite, "1680."; at lower center, in graphite, "2".
Provenance:
Sir Charles Greville (1763-1836), English army officer (Lugt 549); George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893; Lugt 2600), Warwick Castle; possibly his sale, Christie's, London, 21 May 1896, lot 259; 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:
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, 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: Washington and elsewhere 1962-63, 25, under no. 42; New York 1965-66, 59, no. 92; Popham 1971, 1: 121, no. 305; Jaffé 1994, 244, no. 677; Gnann 1996, 362; Gnann 2000, 70; Gnann 2007, 1: 412, no. 398.
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