Parmigianino
1503-1540
Standing Child Drawing Back a Curtain
ca. 1535-1538
3 3/8 x 1 13/16 inches (86 x 47 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper washed with red chalk.
I, 46e
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Description
This small pen and brown ink drawing, washed with red chalk, recalls Parmigianino’s studies for the Madonna dal Collo Lungo. Though he associated the Morgan drawing to the painting, A. E. Popham pointed out that no such figure seems to have been introduced into the composition throughout its development. Because of this, Achim Gnann questions the connection.2
Footnotes:
- Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 309.
- Gnann 2007, 1: 501, no. 937.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on recto of mount at lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Parmeggiano"; at upper left, in graphite, "17", on verso of mount, in pen and brown ink, with Richardson Senior's pressmarks, "S.8 (?) / L (?) 30 / AA 19. / A".
Associated names
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, 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.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, 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: Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 309; Gnann 2007, 501: no. 937.
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Century Drawings
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