Lot 7
7
Attributed to Giulio Campi (Cremona 1502-1572)
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Attributed to Giulio Campi (Cremona 1502-1572)

Leda and the Swan

Details
Attributed to Giulio Campi (Cremona 1502-1572)
Leda and the Swan
pen and grey-brown ink, squared in black chalk
5 x 5½ in. (129 x 140 mm.)
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mount with inscription 'Parmigianino'.
Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364).
Anonymous sale; Foster's, 8 June 1921.
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Lot Essay

Similar in handling, particularly in the lack of wash and definition of limbs, to a drawing of Saint George and the Dragon formerly in the Woodner Collection (sold in these Rooms, 2 July 1991, lot 80; G. Bora, II Campi, Disegni, Milan, 1985, no. 2.6.13). Giulio Bora has also suggested that the drawing is reminiscent of Camillo Boccaccino, a contemporary of Campi in Cremona.

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