Parmigianino

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Parmigianino

1503-1540

Woman Shown Half-Length in Classical Costume

ca. 1530-1540

Red chalk on paper.

4 7/16 x 3 1/4 inches (112 x 82 mm)

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

IV, 41a

Notes:

Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper right in graphite, "22"; on verso of lining in graphite, "1674".

Provenance:

Possibly Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646; Lugt 508); by decent to Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford (1648-1719); his sale, Tart Hall, London, 1720; Count Antoino Maria Zanetti (1680-1775; Lugt 779), Venice (no mark; see Lugt 2992f-h); Giovanni Antoino Armano (active in the 1780s), Venice; 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:

Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646, former owner.
Howard, Henry Stafford, Earl of, approximately 1648-approximately 1719, former owner.
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, 1680-1757, former owner.
Armano, Giovanni Antonio, active 18th century, 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 1949, 176; Freedberg 1950, 226 (as probably Parmigianino); Popham 1971, 1: 123, no. 316; Freedberg 1973, 150; Rossi 1980, 100-01; Di Giampaolo 1991, no. 41; Gould 1994,160, 186, under no. A15; Chiusa 2001, 63 (as possibly not autograph); Vaccaro 2002, 179, under no. 33; Parma and Vienna 2003, 268, no. II.2.27; Di Giampaolo and Fada 2003, 140; Gnann 2007, 485-86, no. 837.

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