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The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Maker

(artist)
1503-1540

(woodcutter)
ca. 1510-ca. 1550 (Life dates)

Title

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Date of Production

c. 1527-30

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in black and green ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.2 cm
Width: 23.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.31

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

Colnaghi, London; purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 17 July 1959 (£18); 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. 28
ill. on p. 143, watermark is fig. 97 on p. 176

Takahatake, Naoko (ed.), The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018, Munich, London, New York
no. 26

Parmigianino: the alchemy of beauty: drawings and prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1 Dec. 2009 - 15 Mar. 2010
pp. 125-27 ...More

Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
pp. 198-99

Parmigianino tradotto: la fortuna di Francesco Mazzola nelle stampe di riproduzione fra il Cinquecento e l'Ottocento, Biblioteca palatina, Parma, 29 Mar. - 27 Sept. 2003
no. 87

Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 33
ill. on cover

Bartsch, Adam, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1803-21
XII.56.12 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower left: an orb surmounted by a cross (similar to Briquet 2992 but with no vertical line in lower half of globe)

Inscription: Verso: centre right, graphite: "6"; lower right, graphite: "4".

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