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Study for Saint John the Baptist

Maker

(artist)
1503-1540

Title

Study for Saint John the Baptist

Date of Production

(circa) 1527

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.397

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

Count Alexander von Frey, Paris and Lucerne (1882-1952); by descent to his wife, Mrs E. von Frey, Bremen; her sale, Sotheby's (London), 25 June 1970, lot 25; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£3,600); 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

Literature

The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at The Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2022
cat. no. 29
ill. on p. 145, UV detail is fig. 50 on p. 144

Parmigianino: dessins du Louvre, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 17 December 2015-15 February 2016 Paris 2015
p. 110n3

Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
vol. I, p. 199 and vol. II, no. 649
ill. on p. 513 ...More

Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 18

Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London 1971
no. 688
pl. 116
listed as located in Bremen with a note that it had just been purchased by Seilern

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 397
pl. VII
dated shortly before 1527

Sotheby's, London, Old Master drawings, 25 June 1970
lot 25
ill. ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, brown ink: “parmigiano”. Verso: lower centre edge, graphite, modern hand: "964".

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