Lot Essay
Popham suggested that this dates from the late 1530s
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA, IL PARMIGIANINO* (1503-1540)
Details
GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA, IL PARMIGIANINO* (1503-1540)
The Heads of two Men in Profile to the Left
red chalk
3 3/8 x 2 5/8in. (84 x 66mm.)
The Heads of two Men in Profile to the Left
red chalk
3 3/8 x 2 5/8in. (84 x 66mm.)
Provenance
R. Cosway
Sir Thomas Lawrence, according to the 1886 Christie's catalogue
Andrew Geddes
Francis Turner Palgrave; Christie's, London, 4 June 1886, part of lot 1 (3 gns. to Parsons)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 241, illustrated (¨9,350)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, according to the 1886 Christie's catalogue
Andrew Geddes
Francis Turner Palgrave; Christie's, London, 4 June 1886, part of lot 1 (3 gns. to Parsons)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 241, illustrated (¨9,350)
Literature
L. Frölich-Bume, Some Unpublished Drawings by Parmigianino, Apollo, LXXVI, 1962, p. 696, illustrated
A.E. Popham, Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 1971, I, no. 812, III, pl. 419
A.E. Popham, Catalogue of the Drawings of Parmigianino, New Haven and London, 1971, I, no. 812, III, pl. 419