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Circle of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, il Parmigianino (Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore)

A man leaning against a laden horse

Details

Circle of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, il Parmigianino (Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore)
A man leaning against a laden horse
pen and brown ink, brown wash, upper right corner made up
4¼ x 3¾ in. (106 x 95 mm.)

Provenance

P. Crozat, his number '46'.
G.A. Armano, Venice.
Burnet Pavitt, by whom bequeathed to the Royal College of Music, London.

Engraved

In reverse in etching and aquatint by C.M. Gini (A.E. Popham, Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 1971, no. OR70, pl. 307).

Lot Essay

A.E. Popham considered that this drawing, which he knew only from Gini's etching, was 'a genuine drawing ... probably dating from [Parmigianino's] Roman period' (A.E. Popham, op. cit., under no. OR70).
An alternative attribution to Lelio Orsi has also been suggested.

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