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Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness

Maker

(artist)
1503-1540

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

Title

Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness

Date of Production

1520 - 1550

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 13.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.33

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 (£14); 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. 30
ill. on p. 147

Takahatake, Naoko (ed.), The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018, Munich, London, New York
no. 27

Gnann, Achim, Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen, Petersberg 2007
p. 191 ...More

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
under no. 92

Parmigianino - Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Courtauld, London, 1987
cat. no. 30
ill. on p. 14

Bartsch, Adam, Le peintre graveur, Vienna 1803-21
XII.73.17 ...Less

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto, lower margin, printed in negative within frame of image : AT [monogram of Antonio da Trento]

Inscription: verso, lower centre, graphite : cut //

Inscription: verso, lower right, graphite : 3 //

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