Parmigianino
1503-1540
Virgin Holding the Dead Christ on Her Lap
1524-1525
11 7/16 x 8 1/2 inches (290 x 214 mm)
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with red chalk, over black chalk, on paper.
I, 47
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: cock? with three tail feathers and crown.
The drawing is based on Michelangelo's marble "Pieta", ca. 1499, St. Peter's, Rome.
The drawing is based on Michelangelo's marble "Pieta", ca. 1499, St. Peter's, Rome.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, "107".
Associated names
Alziari, Franc̜ois, Baron de Malaussena, 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.
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
Rhoda Eitel-Porter and and John Marciari, Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2019, no. 79.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 47; Copertini 1932, 55n27; Popham 1971, 1: no. 311; Mantua and Vienna 1999, under no. 246; Gnann 2000, 52. London and New York 2000-2001, no. 59; Chiusa 2001, 213; Fornari Schianchi 2002, 313; Ekserdjian 2003, 58; Parma and Vienna 2003, 39; Ekserdjian 2006, 28; Gnann 2007, 1: no. 226.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 47.
Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 1: no. 47; Copertini 1932, 55n27; Popham 1971, 1: no. 311; Mantua and Vienna 1999, under no. 246; Gnann 2000, 52. London and New York 2000-2001, no. 59; Chiusa 2001, 213; Fornari Schianchi 2002, 313; Ekserdjian 2003, 58; Parma and Vienna 2003, 39; Ekserdjian 2006, 28; Gnann 2007, 1: no. 226.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 47.
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