Head of a bearded man in profile
Maker
(artist)
1503-1540
1503-1540
Title
Head of a bearded man in profile
Date of Production
1524 - 1527
Medium
pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper prepared with red wash, laid down on a paper support with gold borders
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1978.PG.359
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
Major Adrian Merz, Grasmere; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 26 July 1966 (£300); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
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
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
cat. no. 16
and on p. 84
ill. on p. 99
Parmigianino: dessins du Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 17 December 2015-15 February 2016 Paris 2015
p. 36n53
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 258
ill.
agrees with Popham dating to Roman period ...More
Byam Shaw, James, Review of Parmigianino at the Courtauld, London, in 'The Burlington Magazine', Jul. 1987 - pp. 474-75; 129, 1012
p. 475
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 11
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 775
pl. 296
dated to Roman period or 'possibly earlier'
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 359
pl. XLIII(a)
dated c. 1522-24 ...Less
cat. no. 16
and on p. 84
ill. on p. 99
Parmigianino: dessins du Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 17 December 2015-15 February 2016 Paris 2015
p. 36n53
Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. II, no. 258
ill.
agrees with Popham dating to Roman period ...More
Byam Shaw, James, Review of Parmigianino at the Courtauld, London, in 'The Burlington Magazine', Jul. 1987 - pp. 474-75; 129, 1012
p. 475
Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 11
Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 775
pl. 296
dated to Roman period or 'possibly earlier'
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; V
no. 359
pl. XLIII(a)
dated c. 1522-24 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
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