Attributed to Mazzola Bedoli, Girolamo,
approximately 1500-1569
Design for Decoration of a Wall above a Fireplace and Two Doors, with Figures in a Garden (Garden of Love?)
6 9/16 x 10 7/8 inches (166 x 273 mm)
Pen and dark brown ink, light brown wash, over black chalk and stylus indentations, on textured, light brown paper. Laid down on Richardson Senior (?) mount.
IV, 49
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Formerly attributed to Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, Viadana ca. 1500-1569 Parma.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscribed on mount, at lower center, beneath drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Girolamo Mazzuoli"; above this, in graphite, "Parmegianino"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, by Richardson or an amanuensis, "Girolamo Mazzuoli was either Brother or Cozin of Francesco, & painted with him, / & finished what He left of the Church of the Virgin of the Steccata at Parma, / after his Death, of which the Present Drawing is One Study, in order to unite with / so many Others of the "Same Form."; on verso of mount, in lower right corner, in red chalk, "745".
Inscribed on mount, at lower center, beneath drawing, in pen and brown ink, "Girolamo Mazzuoli"; above this, in graphite, "Parmegianino"; on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, by Richardson or an amanuensis, "Girolamo Mazzuoli was either Brother or Cozin of Francesco, & painted with him, / & finished what He left of the Church of the Virgin of the Steccata at Parma, / after his Death, of which the Present Drawing is One Study, in order to unite with / so many Others of the "Same Form."; on verso of mount, in lower right corner, in red chalk, "745".
Associated names
Parmigianino, 1503-1540, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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.
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, 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. 49 (as Parmigianino).
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 49, repr. (as Parmigianino)
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 49, repr. (as Parmigianino)
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