The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Maker
(artist)
1503-1540
(woodcutter)
ca. 1510-ca. 1550 (Life dates)
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
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
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
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".
Inscription: Verso: centre right, graphite: "6"; lower right, graphite: "4".
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