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Parmigianino

1503-1540

Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist

ca. 1528-1530

Black chalk, with brown wash, on paper.

4 13/16 x 3 7/8 inches (122 x 95 mm)

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

IV, 48

Notes:

Watermark: none.

Inscription:

Inscribed on verso, at upper center, in pen and ink, shining through on recto, "64"; on verso of lining, in graphite, "1681", and also verso of lining, lower left, partly erased, "Ryad /ous /w".

Provenance:

Probably Thomas Howrd, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646); by descent to Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford (1648-1719); his sale Tart Hall, London, 1720; probably Count Antoino Maria Zanetti (1680-1775; no mark; Lugt 779), Venice (no mark; see Lugt 2992f-h); Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London, (Lugt 2445); Sir Charles Greville (1763-1836), English army officer (Lugt 549); George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893; Lugt 2600), Warwick Castle; his sale, Christie's, London, 21 May 1896, lot 259, as Parmegiano "The Virgin and Child with St. John - black chalk and sepia; and two pen and ink sketches"; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.

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.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, former owner.
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.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

Bibliography:

Selected references: Fairfax Murray 1905-12, 4: no. 48; Popham 1967, 1: 72, under no. 122; Popham 1971, 1: 125, no. 323; London and New York 2000-01, 152, no. 101; Chiusa 2001, 213; Gnann 2007, 1: 466, no. 718; New York 2007, 15.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 48, repr.
Dervaux, Isabelle. Drawing connections: Baselitz, Kelly, Penone, Rockburne, and the old masters. New York: Morgan Library & Museum, 2007, p. 15-16 (repr.)

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