Parmigianino
1503-1540
Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
ca. 1528-1530
4 13/16 x 3 7/8 inches (122 x 95 mm)
Black chalk, with brown wash, on paper.
IV, 48
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
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".
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.
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.)
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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