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Parmigianino
1503-1540
Christ Rising From the Tomb
ca. 1524-1526
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
7 3/16 x 4 3/8 inches (182 x 111 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
I, 46f
Description:
A. E. Popham connected the current study to Parmigianino’s etching of the same subject, though the drawing and the print differ in composition.1 The differences are quite extensive, suggesting that the Morgan sheet belongs to an early stage in the design process. Popham rightly noted that the guard at lower left in the drawing is unmistakably the same (in reverse) as the one in the etching.
Footnotes:
- Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 310. For the etching, see The Illustrated Bartsch 32: 12, no. 6.
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Watermark: none.
Inscription:
Inscribed in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, "103 (cut off)."
Provenance:
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:
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. 310; Gnann 2007, 1: 421-22, no. 456.
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