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Rustic scene

Maker

(artist)
1503-1540

Title

Rustic scene

Medium

traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 10.1 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2528

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Provenance

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) [when an engraving made after the figure with the spade at right by Nicolas Lanier, though Wood 2003, p. 107 questioned whether the drawing simply belonged to Lanier and not the Earl]; by descent to Henry Stafford-Howard, 1st Earl of Stafford (1648-1719); his sale, Tart Hall, London, 1720; purchased there by Antonio Maria Zanetti, Venice (1680-1757) [print made by him after the drawing, dated 1741]; George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), L.1530 (lower right); Louis Xavier Alcide Donnadieu, London (c. 1791-1861), L.97 (verso, lower centre); Émile Galichon, Paris (1829-1875), L.856 (verso, lower centre); his estate sale, Clément (Paris), 10 - 14 May 1875, lot 114; purchased there by his brother, Louis Galichon, Paris (1829-1893), L.1060 (verso, lower centre); his estate sale, Hotel Drouot (Paris), 4-9 March 1895, lot 116; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929); his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 10 April 1933, lot 22; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (mount, now removed); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/05/2022-06/05/2022

Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970 ...More

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960

Italian Art and Britain, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1960-01/03/1960

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Mostra del Correggio, Parma, Italy, 1935 ...Less

Literature

The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
cat. no. 14
ill. on p. 92

Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 624

Py, Bernadette, Everhard Jabach collectionneur (1618-1695): les dessins de l'inventaire de 1695, Paris 2001
p. 63, no. 134 ...More

Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 13

Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 264
pl. 297

Fagiolo dell'Arco, Maurizio, Il Parmigianino: un saggio sull'ermetismo nel Cinquecento, 1970
p. 196

Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 10

Italian Art and Britain, Royal Academy, London, Winter 1960
no. 469

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 38
pl. 2a

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 38

Popham, A.E., in Art Quarterly, 1957; XX
pp. 283-84
fig. 7

Mostra del Correggio, Parma, 1935
no. 21
ill. on p. 140

Galichon, Emile, 'Les dessins de Parmesan' in 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts', 1872; V
facing p. 346 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, abraded: "6". Mount: Recto: lower centre in cartouche, graphite: "Parmigiano"; lower right, graphite: "coll. Lord Spencer / E. Galichon / Engraved in the Gazette des Beaux Arts / Vol. IV.V. 2nd series. / Coll. Spencer / Francesco Mazzola / Il Parmiginaino"; Verso: upper left, graphite: "[illegible]...R. Witt"

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: John Earl Spencer (L.1530). Verso: lower centre, stamped in blue: Emile Galichon (L.856); lower centre, stamped in blue: Louis Galichon (L.1060); lower centre, graphite: Louis Xavier Alcide Donnadieu, London (L.97). Mount: Recto: lower left, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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