Parmigianino
1503-1540
Christ Rising From the Tomb
ca. 1524-1526
7 3/16 x 4 3/8 inches (182 x 111 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, on paper.
I, 46f
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Description
A. E. Popham connected the current study to Parmigianino’s etching of the same subject, though the drawing and the print differ in composition.1 The differences are quite extensive, suggesting that the Morgan sheet belongs to an early stage in the design process. Popham rightly noted that the guard at lower left in the drawing is unmistakably the same (in reverse) as the one in the etching.
Footnotes:
- Popham 1971, 1: 122, no. 310. For the etching, see The Illustrated Bartsch 32: 12, no. 6.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, "103 (cut off)."
Associated names
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.
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. 310; Gnann 2007, 1: 421-22, no. 456.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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