GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA, IL PARMIGIANINO* (1503-1540)

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GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA, IL PARMIGIANINO* (1503-1540)

Studies of the Infant Baptist embracing the Lamb and gesturing to the Right

with inscription 'Parmigianino 2. 3' on the backing; red chalk, lightly squared in black chalk, the upper study of the Baptist traced in red chalk on the verso
5 7/8 x 3 7/8in. (150 x 110mm.)

Provenance

N. Lanière (L. 2886)
Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092)

Lot Essay

A smaller drawing with almost identical, but differently arranged, studies also in red chalk but unsquared is in the Uffizi, A.E. Popham, The Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 1971, I, no. 116, II, pl. 89. An old copy is in the British Museum, A.E. Popham, Artists working in Parma, London, 1967, I, no. 167