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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Fountain with Two Nude Reclining Youths in a Grotto

Follower of Parmigianino
1503-1540

Fountain with Two Nude Reclining Youths in a Grotto

6 5/8 x 8 1/16 inches (168 x 204 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on paper; framing line in pen and brown ink.
IV, 26

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

Notes
Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Francesco Primaticcio, Bologna 1504/5-1570 Paris.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in lower left corner, in pen and gray ink, "37"; on verso, in red chalk, "School / Parmigianino / 185".
Associated names
Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504-1570, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, John Pierpont, 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 26, repr.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department