Attributed to Giulio Campi

While in the Scholz collection the drawing used to be identified as the work of Domenico Beccafumi, an attribution with which both Popham and Pouncey disagreed. The latter suggested Jacopo Bertoia, under which attribution the drawing entered the collection of the Morgan Library. Though not Bertoia, the artist is clearly a follower of Parmigianino. Another inscription on the mount suggested Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, but the correct attribution is probably more likely to be found in the circle of the Campi.

A pen-and-ink drawing of a Male Nude Bowing Low Before a Standing Bearded Man, Accompanied by a Third, Standing Figure at Weimar, for which Oberhuber suggested a follower of Parmigianino, must be by the same hand (Schuster 1999, no. 8). The Weimar drawing may well illustrate the Return of the Prodigal Son.