Parmigianino
1503-1540
The Virgin Seated with Yarnwinder, and the Infant Christ Embracing the Infant St. John. Verso: Studies of Embracing Putti
8 1/4 x 6 inches (209 x 151 mm)
Red chalk on paper; framing line along lower edge in pen and brown ink; verso: red chalk.
IV, 40
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower right corner, in pen and dark brown ink, "100"; beneath this, with a thinner pen and brown ink, "Francisco Parmigianino".
Watermark: Indecipherable fragment.
Watermark: Indecipherable fragment.
Associated names
Modena, Dukes of, former owner.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, 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.
Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836, former owner.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, 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: Ottley 1923, 62; Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 40; Popham 1967, 1: 93, under no. 165; Popham 1971, 1: 123, no. 314; Gnann 2000, 50; Gnann 2007, 1: 377, no. 174; New York 2007, 15.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 15, 20 (repr.)
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 15, 20 (repr.)
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