Cherubs in clouds (recto)
Maker
(artist)
ca. 1492-1556 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1503-1540
ca. 1492-1556 (Life dates)
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1503-1540
Title
Cherubs in clouds (recto)
Date of Production
1500 - 1599
Medium
red chalk (recto), red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, touches of white bodycolour (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.8 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.356
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
unidentified collector, L.2898 (lower left); Richard Cosway, London (1740-1821), L.628 (lower left); possibly his estate sale, Stanley’s (London), 14 - 22 February 1822, among lots 299-305 (drawings by Parmigianino); Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 1 June 1964 (£1100, as Parmigianino); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Literature
The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
p. 19
fig. 7 on p. 19 (verso)
Turner, James Grantham, Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy, New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2017
p. 374
fig. 7.57 (detail of verso)
as Parmigianino
Vaccaro, Mary, 'Drawing in the School of Parma: new attributions for Alessandro Mazzola Bedoli' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 2011 - pp. 17-32; 49, 1
p. 25
fig. 11 (verso) on p. 24 (as Anselmi)
as Anselmi ...More
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 517
ill.
as Parmigianino
Ekserdjian, David, 'Anselmi' in 'Basilica cattedrale di Parma: novecento anni di arte, storia, fede. Vol. 2', Parma 2005
pp. 67-68
as Anselmi
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 9
Godi, Giovanni and Giuseppe Cirillo, 'Anselmi e Martini: tre nuovi disegni per gli affreschi in Duomo' in 'Parma nell'Arte', 1982; 14
pp. 75-80
as Anselmi
Pellegri, Marco, Parma Nell'Arte, Parma 1982
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 821 (or 822?)
ill.
as Parmigianino
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 356
pls. XXXVIII (recto), XXXIX (verso)
as Parmigianino? dated early c. 1520s ...Less
p. 19
fig. 7 on p. 19 (verso)
Turner, James Grantham, Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy, New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2017
p. 374
fig. 7.57 (detail of verso)
as Parmigianino
Vaccaro, Mary, 'Drawing in the School of Parma: new attributions for Alessandro Mazzola Bedoli' in 'Master Drawings', Spring 2011 - pp. 17-32; 49, 1
p. 25
fig. 11 (verso) on p. 24 (as Anselmi)
as Anselmi ...More
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 517
ill.
as Parmigianino
Ekserdjian, David, 'Anselmi' in 'Basilica cattedrale di Parma: novecento anni di arte, storia, fede. Vol. 2', Parma 2005
pp. 67-68
as Anselmi
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 9
Godi, Giovanni and Giuseppe Cirillo, 'Anselmi e Martini: tre nuovi disegni per gli affreschi in Duomo' in 'Parma nell'Arte', 1982; 14
pp. 75-80
as Anselmi
Pellegri, Marco, Parma Nell'Arte, Parma 1982
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 821 (or 822?)
ill.
as Parmigianino
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 356
pls. XXXVIII (recto), XXXIX (verso)
as Parmigianino? dated early c. 1520s ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Richard Cosway (L.628); lower left, stamped in black: unidentified collector (L.2898).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black: Richard Cosway (L.628); lower left, stamped in black: unidentified collector (L.2898).
Inscription: none.
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