Rearing horse
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1510-1563
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1596
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1503-1540
(artist)
1510-1563
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1527-1596
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1503-1540
Title
Rearing horse
Date of Production
(circa) 1524
Medium
red chalk on bleached laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4526
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
Label Text
This bold study of a heavy, barrel-chested horse, formerly attributed to Parmigianino, is currently attributed to Francesco Salviati, an artist who worked in Florence and Rome. The skilful foreshortening suggests that it is a study of a sculpture, possibly a small bronze of a horse and rider known in several versions in the sixteenth century.
Provenance
possibly Nicholas Lanier, London (1588-1666) [his hand tentatively identified on mount inscription]; Sir Peter Lely, London (1618-1680), L.2092; his sale, Sonnius, Lankrink et Thompson (London), 11 - 18 April 1688, lot 29?; presumably acquired there by William Gibson (c. 1644-1703), L.5216; Bolton [individual not yet identified]; given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Special Display - Peter Lely - The Draughtsman and his Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/09/2012-13/01/2013
Drawings by Correggio and Parmigianino, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 05/02/2001-06/05/2001
Correggio and Parmigianino: master draughtsmen of the Renaissance, British Museum, London, 06/10/2000-07/01/2001 ...More
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965 ...Less
Drawings by Correggio and Parmigianino, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 05/02/2001-06/05/2001
Correggio and Parmigianino: master draughtsmen of the Renaissance, British Museum, London, 06/10/2000-07/01/2001 ...More
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965 ...Less
Literature
The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
p. 19
fig. 6 on p. 19
Joannides, Paul, 'More on Francesco Salviati as a Copyist' in 'Master Drawings', Autumn 2010 - 315-326; 48, 3
p. 324 note 2
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, p. 517
rejected as by Parmigianino ...More
Correggio and Parmigianino: master draughtsmen of the Renaissance, British Museum, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000-2001, 2000-01
cat. no. 50
ill. on p. 94
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 5
ill. on p. 6
as Parmigianino
McTavish, David, 'Pellegrino Tibaldi's 'Fall of Phaethon' in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna' in 'The Burlington Magazine', Mar. 1980 - pp. 186-89; 122, 924
p. 187
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 265
pl. 19
as by Parmigianino
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 349 ...Less
p. 19
fig. 6 on p. 19
Joannides, Paul, 'More on Francesco Salviati as a Copyist' in 'Master Drawings', Autumn 2010 - 315-326; 48, 3
p. 324 note 2
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, p. 517
rejected as by Parmigianino ...More
Correggio and Parmigianino: master draughtsmen of the Renaissance, British Museum, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000-2001, 2000-01
cat. no. 50
ill. on p. 94
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 5
ill. on p. 6
as Parmigianino
McTavish, David, 'Pellegrino Tibaldi's 'Fall of Phaethon' in the Palazzo Poggi, Bologna' in 'The Burlington Magazine', Mar. 1980 - pp. 186-89; 122, 924
p. 187
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 265
pl. 19
as by Parmigianino
G.L. Conran, Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1965
cat. no. 349 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Recto: pen and ink, Lanier's hand? Fr. Parmageano (the suggestion that this is Lanier's hand is in the 2000 ex. cat. of 'Correggio and Parmigianino' and in Popham 1971).
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: upper left, cut off: [...] L no 27.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower left, brown ink: J H.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file): lower left, graphite: 4721.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: related to Lely's sale?: Ap. 29..
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black: Peter Lely (L.2092).
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower right corner, brown ink, pricemark associated with William Gibson, L.5216: Parmigiano. 4.3.
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: upper left, cut off: [...] L no 27.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower left, brown ink: J H.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file): lower left, graphite: 4721.
Inscription: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: related to Lely's sale?: Ap. 29..
Collector's mark: Recto: right lower edge, stamped in black: Peter Lely (L.2092).
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in curatorial file), Verso: lower right corner, brown ink, pricemark associated with William Gibson, L.5216: Parmigiano. 4.3.
Watermark: none.
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