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Figures dressed all'antica (recto)
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1503-1540
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Width: 14.2 cm
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The figures’ clothing in this drawing is probably inspired by the drapery style employed in such mural paintings. This work offers precious evidence of the artist’s creative interpretation of antiquity through the lens of contemporary Roman painting.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Special Display - Peter Lely - The Draughtsman and his Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 24/09/2012-13/01/2013
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/1987-12/07/1987
Literature
cat. no. 15
ill. on pp. 97 (recto), 98 (verso)
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. I, p. 43 and vol. II, no. 45 on p. 357
ill. (recto and verso)
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 7 ...More
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 776
pl. 78
agreed with Seilern's earleir dating over Fröhlich-Bum
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 357
pls. XL (current verso), XLI (current recto)
with current recto and verso reversed; dated c. 1521-23
Christie's, London, 26 March 1963
lot 294
ill.
Fröhlich-Bum, Lili, 'Some unpublished drawings by Parmigianino' in 'Apollo', Nov. 1962 - pp. 693-96
pp. 695-96
fig. 1 on p. 693 (the current verso) and fig. 2 on p. 693 (the current recto)
dated between 1523-27
Schaak, Eric van, Master drawings in private collections, New York 1962
pp. 7, 72
pls. 13-14 (recto and verso) ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped: Francis Abbott (L.970). Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Richard Cosway (L.628); lower right, stamped in black: Peter Lely (L.2092).
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