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Crucifixion
by Parmigianino
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, lower center on mount, in pen and brown ink (in J. Richardson, Sr.'s hand): "Parmeggiano"; lower right, in pen and brown ink (in J. Richardson, Sr.'s hand): "k. 242" Lansdown Ms 802); inscribed verso, upper center on mount, in pen and brown ink (in J. Richardson, Sr.'s hand): "D. 28"
Provenance
Padre Sebastiano Resta (1635-1714), Milan (see Lugt 2992 and Lugt Suppl. 2993). Monsignor Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, Bishop oof Arezzo (died 1704), Arezzo (see Lugt 2911); bequeathed to his nephew, Cavaliere Orazio Marchetti, Pistoia; sold, probably through John Talman (died 1726), Hinkworth, Hertfordshire (see Lugt 2462), to John, Lord Somers, 1710 [script (Lugt 2981) recto, lower right, in pen and brown ink]; sold, London, Motteux, May 16, 1717. Walter T. Spencer, London [according to Gurley Card Index]. William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower center, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), verso, lower center on mount, in black].
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings Rediscovered: Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago," Apr. 12-June 22, 1997. Art Institute of Chicago, "151 Italian Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago," Dec. 1979-Mar. 1980, cat. 13, pl. 18, cat. by Harold Joachim and Suzanne Folds McCullagh; also traveled to the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Publications
Albert E. Popham, "Sebastiano Resta and His Collections," Old Master Drawings 11 (June 1936), pp. 1-19. Sydney J. Freedberg, "Review of A. E. Popham, Catalogue of Drawings by Parmigianino," Art Bulletin 55 (March 1973), pp. 148-50. Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura M. Giles, Italian Drawings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1997), p. 170, no. 219 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino / Italian, 1503-1540
- Date
- 1524/27
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, prepared with pale orange wash, laid down on ivory wove card
- Dimensions
- 14 × 6.5 cm (5 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- pen and ink drawings
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1922.857
More by Parmigianino in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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