Attributed to Parmigianino

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Attributed to Parmigianino

1503-1540

Death Appearing to Three Philosophers

ca. 1522-1523

Red chalk on paper.

6 x 6 3/4 inches (152 x 172 mm)

Gift of Janos Scholz.

1989.66

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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (ca. 1505-ca. 1569/70); Antonio Campi (1523-1587).

Inscription:

Inscribed at lower left, in red chalk, "Palma (?)"; illegible inscription on verso, at lower right, in pen and purple ink.

Provenance:

Denton?, Avignon; from whom purchased in 1958 by János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b).

Associated names:

Mazzola Bedoli, Girolamo, approximately 1500-1569, Formerly attributed to.
Campi, Antonio, 1522 or 1523-1587, Formerly attributed to.
Scholz, János, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Washington and New York, 1973-74, 68, no. 56 (as Parmigianino); Gnann 2007, 1: 359, no. 60 (as Parmigianino).
Oberhuber, Konrad, and Dean Walker. Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings From the Collection of János Scholz. Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, no. 56, repr.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 15, 17 (repr.)

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