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Nude Woman Seated on a Bed

Parmigianino
1503-1540

Nude Woman Seated on a Bed

ca. 1527-1529
2 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches (71 x 61 mm); maximum dimensions of original drawing: 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches (52 x 45 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, on paper; upright rectangular section added at top left and right, probably by Mariette himself; Mariette mount.
I, 46d:1

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

Notes
Watermark: none.
Mounted with I, 46d:2.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on mount in a cartouche, at center, beneath the drawing, in pen and brown ink, "FR. MAZZUOLA / dictus / Parmigianino / 1509 - 1590"; at lower left, beneath Mariette border, in pen and brown ink, "363"; on verso of mount, at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Mariette / Le Roy / Sir Thomas Lawrence / W. Coningham."; in upper left corner, in pen and brown ink, "228"; this cancelled, and next to it, in graphite, "1684 / 1685"; at lower left, in graphite, "/ 300"; to the right of this, "2.10".
Associated names
Mariette, Pierre-Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Lagoy, Jean-Baptiste de Meryan, marquis de, 1764-1829, former owner.
Fries, Moritz, Graf von, 1777-1826, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
Coningham, William, 1815-1884, former owner.
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896, 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: Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 307; Gnann 2007, 1: 461, no. 685.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department