Lucretia

probably c. 1539

Parmigianino

Artist, Parmese, 1503 - 1540

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor heightened with white over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Alice Kaplan

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 29.8 x 20.9 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
    overall: 86.3 cm (34 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.82.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

M. Nourri (sale, Paris, 24 February 1785, no. 433; Marquis C. de Valori (Lugt 2500)(sale, paris, 25-26 November 1907, no. 228 (as Spranger); E. Rodrigues (Lugt 897); Henri Delacroix (not in Lugt)(sale, 31 March and 3-4 April 1962, no. 244); (Paul Prouté, Paris, by 1964); (Germain Seligman, Paris); Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, New York; gift to NGA in 1971.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1964

  • Dessins originaux anciens et modernes..., Paul Proute, Paris, 1964, no. 2. (as attrib. to Parmigianino).

1970

  • The Age of Vasari, Art Gallery, Univ. of Notre Dame, and Univeristy Art Gallery, State Univ. of New York at Binghamton, 1970, no. D6 (as Bedoli).

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 19.

1981

  • The Draftsman's Eye, Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981, no. 90 (Edward J. Olszewski and Jane Glaubinger).

1984

  • Correggio and His Legacy, Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1984, no. 55, and mentioned under no. 56.

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1971

  • Popham, A. E., and Mario Di Giampaolo. Disegni di Girolamo Bedoli. Viadana, 1971, no. 71 (as Bedoli).

  • Popham, A. E., Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino. 3 vols. New Haven and London, 1971, 1:28, nt. 1.

1973

  • Freedberg, Sydney J. Review of A.E. Popham on drawings by Parmigianino and Bedoli, The Art Bulletin, 55, no. 1 (March 1973): 149.

1978

  • Milstein, Ann Rebecca. The Paintings of Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli. New York and London, 1978: 327 (n. 518), 415, 431-432 (n. 28).

1994

  • Griswold, William M., and Wolk-Simon, Linda. Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings in New York Collections. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994: 11, note 8 (as Bedoli).

1999

  • Di Giampaolo, Mario. Girolamo Bedoli, 1500-1569. Citta di Viadana, 1999: no. 145 (as Bedoli).

Markings

Seligman

Wikidata ID

Q64618805

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