Parmigianino
1503-1540
The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas
ca. 1527-1530
8 x 5 9/16 inches (202 x 141 mm; maximum dimensions)
Pen and brown ink and wash, with lead white opaque watercolor, over black chalk, on paper.
IV, 44
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Finished modello for chiaroscuro woodcut attributed to Niccolò Vicentino. A copy of the drawing is in the Teylers Museum, inv. C65.
Oval design.
Finished modello for chiaroscuro woodcut attributed to Niccolò Vicentino. A copy of the drawing is in the Teylers Museum, inv. C65.
Oval design.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in graphite, "1678; Sir Chas. Greville."
Associated names
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646, former owner.
Stafford, Henry Stafford Howard, Earl of, approximately 1648-approximately 1719, former owner.
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, 1680-1757, former owner.
Jabach, Everhard, 1618-1695, former owner.
Jabach, Gerhard Michael, -1753, former owner.
Walraven, Izaak, 1686-1765, former owner.
McGowan, John, -1804, former owner.
Rutgers, A., 1695-1778, former owner.
McGouan, John, former owner.
Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825, former owner.
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.
Stafford, Henry Stafford Howard, Earl of, approximately 1648-approximately 1719, former owner.
Zanetti, Antonio Maria, 1680-1757, former owner.
Jabach, Everhard, 1618-1695, former owner.
Jabach, Gerhard Michael, -1753, former owner.
Walraven, Izaak, 1686-1765, former owner.
McGowan, John, -1804, former owner.
Rutgers, A., 1695-1778, former owner.
McGouan, John, former owner.
Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825, former owner.
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: Duval 1829, 3: plate 174; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 44; Popham 1950, 284, under no. 597; Philadelphia 1950-51, no. 40; Wiles 1966, 99-100; Stockholm 1970, 32, no. 35; Popham 1971, 1: 124, no. 319; Trotter 1974, 228; Palo Alto 1980-81, 40, under no. 74; New York 1981, no. 21; Olszewski 1981, 130-31; Saslow 1986, 111; Birke and Kertész 1995, under no. 2665; Wyss 1996, 100-07, 149; Paris 1999-2000, 458, no. 558; London and New York 2000-01, 123, no. 78; Gnann 2001, 234, no. 78; Rome and Weimar 2001, nos. 8, 68; Gnann 2002, 296, note 12; Py 2002, 178, no. 739; Matteo Burioni, in Nova 2006, 52, 78; Zecher 2007, 61-6; Gnann 2007, 448, no. 612.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 44, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 44, repr.
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