Three Women Carrying Vessels
Gift of Janos Scholz.
As noted by Rossana Muzii, the Morgan study derives from Parmigianino’s sketch, now in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, of two women carrying vessels on their heads.1 Though the drawing was not included in A. E. Popham’s catalog of the Parmigianino’s drawings or David Ekserdjian’s supplement, the relationship between the Naples sketch and the Morgan drawing convinced Achim Gnann to include the latter in his more recent catalog.2 The present study – like a later drawing by Parmigianino, also in the Morgan’s collection – reveals the influence of Raphael’s Fire in the Borgo.3
Footnotes:
- Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, inv. 1024; Gnann 2007, 1: 433, no. 525.
- Gnann 2007, 1: 434, no. 529.
- Morgan Library & Museum, New York, inv. 1981.92.
Scholz, János, former owner.