Parmigianino
1503-1540
Group of Four Figures, Three-Quarter Length. Verso: Two Sketches of the Head of a Woman Turned to the Left, Seen from the Back
ca. 1526
3 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (83 x 74 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on paper; verso: pen and brown ink, over black chalk.
I, 46a
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso, at upper left, in graphite, "1679".
Associated names
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.
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.
Bibliography
Selected references: Popham 1971, 1: 121, no. 304; Jaffé 1994(a), 244, no. 677; Gnann 1996, 362; Gnann 2000, 70; Gnann 2007, 1: 412, no. 396.
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Century Drawings
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