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
5 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (143 x 130 mm)
Red chalk, over stylus indentations, on paper; verso: red chalk.
IV, 43
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right, in black chalk, "43"; on verso, at lower right, in black chalk, "4 (?)"; on mount, beneath drawing, in graphite, "1682".
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.
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.
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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