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Reclining female figure
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1503-1540
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Width: 8.9 cm
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suicide after she was raped by Tarquin, the son of the last king of Rome. Her pose resembles that of Venus, though in reverse, as seen in the drawing of Venus disarming Cupid (D.1978.PG.364). However, their expressions appear diametrically opposite.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Literature
cat. no. 19
and on p. 13
Illus. on p. 107, details are figs. 88-89 on p. 173
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 686 on p. 461
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 21 ...More
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 261
pl. 286
Campori, Giuseppe, Raccolta di cataloghi ed inventari inediti di quadri, statue, disegni, bronzi, dorerie, smalti, medaglie, avori, ecc. dal secolo xv al secolo xix, Modena / Arnaldo Forni Editore 1870
pp. 142-59
Following Catherine Loisel's advice, we looked up Bishop Paolo Coccapani's inventory of his collection, ca. 1640, to see if perhaps our Parmigianino 'Reclining Nude' (D.1952.RW.1665) was listed. She believed it might be since many works by Parmigianino bearing the collector's mark of a crown with 'CFC' - likely the mark of Francesco I d'Este - can be traced back to Coccapani's collection. The inventory can be found in the attached pdf of Campori's 'Raccolta di cataloghi (1870)...'' starting on page 142. Our drawing does not seem to match any listed in the inventory perfectly. The closest, we believe, is on the top of 156 'un nudo in schena del Parmeg. di lapis nero.' We thought that perhaps schena is 'schiena', or back, and our figure is laying back on a ledge and pillows with only a transparent cloth covering her. However, since the drawing has been cut down on the right, it's hard to tell for sure. If she were holding a sphere or a mirror, for example, she would be easily identified with other drawings in Coccapani's collection. ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink, cut off by edge, Richardson the elder's hand and shelfmark: "N. 26"; lower centre, graphite, circled: "33".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: L.1149; lower right corner, stamped in black: John Earl Spencer (L.1530). Mount (historic), Verso: upper centre edge, written in brown ink: Jonathan Richardson the elder (L.2984); lower centre, stamped in brown: Paul J. Sachs (L.2091); lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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