Parmigianino

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Parmigianino

1503-1540

Seated Male Figure with a Putto Supporting a Globe. Verso: Middle Section of a Seated Figure with a Putto Supporting a Globe

ca. 1529-1530

Red chalk, over stylus indentations, on paper; verso: red chalk.

5 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (143 x 130 mm)

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

IV, 43

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Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed at upper right, in black chalk, "43"; on verso, at lower right, in black chalk, "4 (?)"; on mount, beneath drawing, in graphite, "1682".

Provenance:

Probably Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646; Lugt 508); by descent to Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford (1648-1719); his sale, Tart Hall, London, 1720; Count Antoino Maria Zanetti (1680-1757; no mark; see Lugt 779), Venice (no mark; see Lugt 2992f-h); unidentified collector or "ED" (Eugene David; 1784-; Lugt 841); Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2445), London; Émile Diaz (1835-1860; Lugt 841), Paris; William Coningham (1815-1884; Lugt 476), Brighton; 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.
David, Eugene, 1784- former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Diaz, Émile, 1835-1860, former owner.
Coningham, William, 1815-1884, 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: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 43; Freedberg 1950, 208; Copertini 1952, 121; Bologna 1956, 14, note 13; Waltham 1963, no. 13; Fagiolo dell'Arco 1970, 271; Popham 1971, 1: 19, 124, no. 318; Cologne 1977, 316, under no. 88; Rossi 1980, 98, no. 42; Bologna 1986, under no. 62; Gould 1994, 118-19, 189, no. A31; Hirst 2000, 46; Vaccaro, in Béguin, Di Giampaolo and Vaccaro 2000, 81; Chiusa 2001, 96; Parma and Vienna 2003, 260, no. II.2.24; Thimann, in Nova 2006, 73-77; Gnann 2007, 244, 247, 466, no. 720; New York 2010, 52.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 43, repr. recto.

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